Criminal Misc. No. 3118-M of 2008 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 3118-M of 2008 Date of decision : February 29, 2008 Malkiat Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Anutej S. Barnala, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent No. 1 Mr. D.R.Singla, Advocate for respondent nos. 2 and 3 and complainant in person. 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 of complaint dated July 19, 2006 (Annexure P-2) filed by respondent no. 3 against the petitioner under Sections 3 (1) of the of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ( for short “the Act”) and Section 323, 506, 34 IPC pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Barnala 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 by way of compromise which has been reduced in writing. Copy thereof is placed on record as Annexure P-3. 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 Criminal Misc. No. 3118-M of 2008 -2- *** learned counsel for respondent no. 3/complainant. Complainant appeared in person and got his statement recorded in the Court to the effect that he had filed a complaint against the petitioner under Section 3 (1) of the Act and 323/506/34 IPC and now the dispute with the petitioner has been amicably settled and he does not want to pursue the complaint filed by him. 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), complaint dated July 19, 2006 (Annexure P-2) filed under Sections 3 (1) of the Act and Section 323, 506, 34 IPC and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. February 29, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge