CRM No. M-417 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-417 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 18.03.2009 Karam Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. NS Dadwal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Rakesh Kumar, 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.138 dated 27th September, 2002, under Sections 326, 324, 323, 148, 149 IPC, registered at Police Station Sidhwan Bet, Ludhiana, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. On the last date of hearing, following order was passed in this case:- “Learned counsel for respondent No.2 submits that affidavits of injured persons namely, Gagan Singh, Krishan Singh and Jasbir Kaur shall also be placed on record in support of the compromise arrived at between the parties. The counsel further submits that the complainant as well as injured will be present on the next date of hearing. Adjourned to 18.3.2009.” In compliance of the said order, counsel for respondent CRM No. M-417 of 2009 2 No.2 has placed on record affidavits of Gagan Singh alias Gurcharan Singh, Trishan Singh, Jasvir Kaur, Harbans Singh and another affidavit of Gurbax Singh Sarpanch of the village, who has identified all the aforementioned persons. These affidavits are taken on record as Marks 'A' 'B' 'C' 'D' & 'E' respectively. Learned counsel for respondent No.2 has also identified the persons mentioned above. Learned counsel for the State (on the instructions from S.I. Rampal, who is present in Court) has submitted that in view of the compromise arrived at between the parties and the affidavits submitted by the complainant as well as injured, he has no objection to the 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 March 18, 2009 'rajpal'