IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-28162 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 31.10.2011. Gurpreet Singh and others ..Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Petitioners in person with Mr. S.K. Arora, Advocate. Mr. Palvinder Singh, Sr. D.A.G. Punjab, for respondent No.1 – State. Respondent No.2 in person with Mr. Kulbhushan Soi, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) Petitioners are facing trial in case bearing First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.427 dated November 14th, 2008, under Sections 406 and 498-A of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'), Police Station Tripuri, District Patiala (Annexure P-1). They seek quashing of the FIR by filing this petition. Grounds pleaded are that the parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of respectables. All matrimonial disputes have been amicably settled. A decree of divorce has already been obtained by Gurpreet Singh-petitioner No.1 and Jaspreet Kaur-respondent No.2 by mutual consent under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Respondent No.2 has also tendered affidavit (Anneuxre P-4) and has stated at bar that she does not want to continue with the proceedings. Having regard to the fact that all matrimonial differences have been resolved, this Court is of the opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioners. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.427 dated November 14th, 2008, under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC, Police Station Tripuri, District Patiala (Annexure P-1) and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 31.10.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE