IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-25695 of 2008 Date of decision: 25th March, 2009 Col. Balbir Singh and another … Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Saurav Khurana, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General Punjab for the State. Ms. Deepika Verma, Advocate for respondent No.2. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of the FIR No. 247 dated 18.05.2008 registered at Police Station Sadar Amritsar under Sections 307, 323, 324, 427, 34 IPC. It has been stated in the FIR that complainant Sucha Singh was doing agricultural work in the village and was also running a cloth showroom. He along with his nephew Nirmal Singh, in his Zen car, was going from Mira Kot to Amritsar city. When the car reached near the bridge of bye-pass, from the right side of the car, another car, made Zen, came from the side of Amritsar. That car struck into the car of the complainant. On the protest made, persons in the offending car started quarreling and then driver of the car took out the revolver from his waist and gave a butt blow of revolver to Nirmal Singh. The butt of the revolver Criminal Misc. No. M-25695 of 2008 hit Nirmal Singh. It is stated that driver of the car fired from the revolver but accused saved their lives. On the asking of Court, Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General Punjab has verified from Head Constable Gurdip Singh as to whether anybody was injured due to fire shot or not. It was replied that nobody suffered fire arm injury. Only Nirmal Singh has suffered injury from the butt of the revolver. The injury was on the eyebrow of Nirmal Singh. Sucha Singh complainant along with his nephew Nirmal Singh, is present in Court. Head Constable Gurdip Singh of Police Station Sadar Amritsar, who has come to assist Counsel for the State, has identified Sucha Singh and Nirmal Singh. They have also been identified by their counsel, Ms.Deepika Verma. A written statement has been filed on behalf of Sucha Singh. It has been stated before me that in order to promote everlasting peace, amity and harmony, parties have arrived at compromise. It has been held by a Full Bench of this Court in ‘Kulwinder Singh and others v. State of Punjab and another’, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052 that where a compromise has been arrived at between the parties, no useful purpose will be served by pursuing the criminal litigation. Accordingly, present petition is accepted and the FIR No. 247 dated 18.05.2008 registered at Police Station Sadar Amritsar under Sections 307, 323, 324, 427, 34 IPC, along with all subsequent proceedings, is quashed. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE March 25, 2009 rps 2