Criminal Misc. No. M-4857 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-4857 of 2010 Date of decision : 23.08.2010 Parminder Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Ms. Amandeep Sibia, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Ramandeep Singh, Advocate for the respondent No. 2/complainant. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 11 dated 12.01.2010 under Sections 376, 420 IPC, registered at Police Station Focal Point, Ludhiana and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2). Learned counsel for the parties submit that during the pendency of this petition a compromise has been arrived at between the parties and dispute has been amicably settled. They submit that complainant namely Mandeep Kaur is present in court today. She has been duly identified by Mr. Ramndeep Singh, Advocate for the complainant. She has filed her affidavit in court which is taken on record as Mark 'A'. In her affidavit she has admitted the factum of compromise arrived at between her and the petitioner. It has been further stated in the affidavit that respondent No. 2 (complainant) has no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Criminal Misc. No. M-4857 of 2010 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is ready to bear the costs of the proceedings on account of the fact that investigating machinery was set in motion after lodging of the FIR. He submits that petitioner is ready to remit Rs.20,000/- as costs incurred by the State. 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 the 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 the light of Full Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR(Crl.), 1052. Resultantly, the present petition is allowed. The FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed subject to the petitioner complying with the undertaking aforesaid re: payment of costs. The amount so paid shall be remitted to Punjab State Legal Services Authority by the petitioner within two months from receipt of certified copy of this order. A copy of this order be sent to the Punjab State Legal Services Authority, Chandigarh. August 23, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE