CRM No. M-657 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-657 of 2009 Date of decision: 26.02.2009 Buta Khan and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. A.S. Kalra, for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab for respondent No.1. Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.2. Rajan Gupta, J. The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.94 dated 12th September, 2003, under Sections 326, 324, 323 read with Section 34 IPC, registered at Police Station Raikot, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. Complainant/respondent No.2 is present in Court. He is duly identified by his counsel. He has filed an affidavit, which is taken on record as Mark 'A' admitting therein the factum of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. He states that he has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. Learned counsel for the State (on the instructions from ASI Malkeet Singh, who is present in Court) submits that though charges CRM No. M-657 of 2009 2 have been framed in this case, prosecution evidence has not been led so far. The State counsel further submits that in view of the compromise between the parties, the State will not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR. 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 with continuance of the criminal proceedings, which would be a futile exercise. In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of Full Bench 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 and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE February 26, 2009 'rajpal'