IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No.20529 -M of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : MARCH 11, 2010 RESHAM SINGH & ORS. ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. DB Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl.AG, Punjab. Mr. VR Lamba, Advocate, for respondent No.2. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure, has been filed for quashing of case FIR No.13 dated 21.1.2001 under Sections 450, 354, 34, Indian Penal Code, Police Station, Rampura, District Bathinda (Annexure P-1) and consequent proceedings. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that there was some dispute between the petitioners and respondent No.2. The parties are from the same village. The disputes have been settled by way of amicable settlement. The parties have even executed a compromise deed, which has been placed on record as Annexure P-4. Respondent No.2-Arpana Rani Bansal, as identified by Shri Criminal Misc. No.20529 -M of 2009 2 V.R. Lamba, Advocate, is present in court, and endorses the factum of compromise as also compromise deed dated 10.7.2009 (Annexure P-4). I have considered the issue. Considering the nature of offences alleged against the petitioners; the parties are residents of the same village and live in the same society; all the disputes have been settled by way of compromise deed (Annexure P-4) and keeping in view the law laid down by judgment of this Court rendered in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, I am of the considered opinion that continuance of proceedings shall disturb peace and harmony in the village. No useful purpose, in law, would be served by continuance of the proceedings. In view of the above, the petition is allowed. FIR No.13 dated 21.1.2001 under Sections 450, 354, 34, Indian Penal Code, Police Station, Rampura, District Bathinda (Annexure P-1) and consequent proceedings, are hereby quashed. March 11, 2010 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?