Criminal Misc. No. 1850-M of 2007 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 1850-M of 2007 Date of decision January 28, 2008 Ashok Kumar and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Union Territory, Chandigarh and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. S.S.Randhawa, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Sukant Gupta, Additional P.P. for the UT Administration Mr. Ashish Gupta, Advocate for the complainant. RAJESH BINDAL, J. The prayer made in this petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ( for short “the Code”) is for quashing of FIR No. 98 dated May 26, 2001 registered under Sections 323, 452, 506, 34 IPC at Police Station, Sector 19, Chandigarh and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably by way of compromise, which has been reduced in writing. Copy thereof is placed on record as Annexure P-1. The affidavit of the complainant dated July 23, 2007 admitting the execution of the compromise is also placed on record. Reliance has been placed upon a five Judge Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald (P&H) 2225. The facts stated by the petitioners are not disputed by counsel for respondent No. 2-complaint. The factum of the matter having been compromised between the parties is not disputed. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no Criminal Misc. No. 1850-M of 2007 -2- *** useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 98 dated May 26, 2001 registered under Sections 323, 452, 506, 34 IPC at Police Station, Sector 19, Chandigarh and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. January 28 , 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge