IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-16188 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: August 12, 2011 Gurjant Singh and another …..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Tarsem Singh, Advocate for the petitioners Mr.R.S. Rawat, AAG, Punjab Respondent No.2-Rani Kaur (complainant) in person, .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) The petitioners have filed this petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.116 dated 4.12.2009 (Annexure P-1) registered under sections 324/34 IPC at police station Maur, District Bathinda and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise dated 17.5.2011 (Annexure P-2). Learned counsel for petitioners as well as learned State counsel submit that during the pendency of this petition a compromise has been arrived at between the parties and dispute has been amicably settled. Respondent No.2-complainant is present in court in person. Identity of complainant is not disputed by learned counsel for the petitioners. She has filed her affidavit which is taken on record as Mark ‘A’ admitting therein the factum of Crl.Misc.No.M-16188 of 2011 - 2 - compromise arrived at between the parties. It has further been stated in the affidavit that respondent No.2 has no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in view of compromise, the impugned FIR deserves to be quashed. Learned counsel for the State submits that in view of compromise the State will not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR in question. The compromise is in the interest of parties and after the matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose is likely to be served by continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in light of Full Bench judgment of this court in Kulwinder Singh & others vs. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR (Crl.) 1052. Resultantly, the petition is allowed. The FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. August 12, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE