Crl. M No.M-12548 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-12548 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : 27.04.2011 Sukhwinder Kaur and others ... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present:- Mr. P.K.S.Phoolka, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sudhir Nehra, Addl. A.G. Punjab for respondent No.1. Kulbir Kaur - complainant in person with Mr. Ashutosh Gupta, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) Notice of motion. 2. Mr. Sudhir Nehra, Additional Advocate General, Punjab and Mr. Ashutosh Gupta, Advocate, accept notice on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 2 respectively. 3. Sukhwinder Kaur and Darshan Singh, mother in law and father in law of Kulbir Kaur – complainant, respondent No.2, have filed this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No. 43 dated April 18th, 2010 (Annexure P/1), registered under Sections 406 and 498A of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'), Police Station Nathana, District Bathinda. 4. Grounds pleaded are that with the intervention of respectables and relatives, the petitioners have compromised the matter with Kulbir Kaur. Compromise deed dated April 21st, 2011 has been placed on record in this behalf. Kulbir Kaur – complainant is Crl. M No.M-12548 of 2011 2 also present in person with her counsel Mr. Ashutosh Gupta. She has stated that since she has compromised the matter with the petitioners, she has no objection in quashing the FIR registered against them. The FIR was also registered against Sukhchain Singh, son of the petitioners. 5. In view of the above, this Court is of the opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioners who are mother in law and father in law of the complainant. Thus, the petition is accepted, FIR No. 43 dated April 18th, 2010 (Annexure P/1), registered under Sections 406 and 498A IPC, Police Station Nathana, District Bathinda and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed qua the petitioners (Sukhwinder Kaur and Darshan Singh) only. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE April 27th, 2011 som