Criminal Misc. No. 52828-M of 2007 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 52828-M of 2007 Date of decision : February 27, 2008 Harinder Pal Singh and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Sanjay Chauhan, Advocate for Mr. G. P. S. Bal, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent No. 1 Mr. M. S. Joshi, Advocate for respondent no. 2/complainant. RAJESH BINDAL J. The prayer made in this petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ( for short “the Code”) is for quashing FIR No. 100 dated May 29, 2003 registered under Sections 406, 498-A and 109 IPC at Police Station, Rampura, District Bathinda and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise having been effected between the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably. The affidavit of Veer Pal Kaur, respondent no. 2/complainant has been placed on record as Annexures P-2 in which complainant while admitting factum of compromise stated that she does not want to proceed against petitioners. Reliance has been placed upon a five Judge Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald (P&H) 2225. The facts stated by the petitioners are not disputed by the learned counsel for respondent no. 2. Reply on behalf of Respondent no. 2- Criminal Misc. No. 52828-M of 2007 -2- *** complainant has been filed in Court today in which she while admitting the factum of compromise, stated that a receipt has been issued by Charanjit Singh Dhillon, Advocate, who is representing the petitioners in the trial court regarding deposit of Rs. 5 lacs with him, which is to be paid to the answering respondent or her parents as the answering respondent is residing in foreign country. Parents of respondent no. 2, who are present in Court, stated that their daughter Veer Pal Kaur is residing in United States of America and they have no objection if the FIR in question is quashed. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 100 dated May 29, 2003 registered under Sections 406, 498-A and 109 IPC at Police Station, Rampura, District Bathinda and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. February 27, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge