CRM No. M-25470 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-25470 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 17.12.2009 Mukesh Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vishal Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Ms. Shivani, Advocate, for respondent No.2. Rajan Gupta, J (oral). The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.409 dated 7th November, 2008 under Sections 452, 323, 354, 506 IPC, registered at Police Station Division No.6, Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. Complainant/respondent No.2 Chet Singh alias Sher Singh as well as his daughter-in-law Puneet alias Chaman are present in Court. They are duly identified by their counsel. They have filed their affidavits, which are taken on record as Mark 'A' and Mark 'B' respectively, admitting therein the factum of compromise (Annexure CRM No. M-25470 of 2009 2 P-2) arrived at between the parties. They state that they have no objection if the present FIR is quashed. Learned counsel for the State has pointed out that keeping in view the nature of crime, where allegation is that petitioner outraged the modesty of daughter-in-law of the complainant by entering into their house during night, some heavy costs need to be imposed upon them. Under the circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes that the petitioner shall remit Rs.10,000/- as costs incurred by the State after investigating machinery was set into motion due to registration of FIR. In facts and circumstances of the case, it will be in the interest of the parties that FIR in question is quashed. No useful purpose is likely to be served with continuance of the criminal proceedings in view of amicable settlement of the same. In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR (Crl.) 1052. Resultantly, the present petition is allowed, the FIR and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed subject to the petitioner complying with the undertaking aforesaid. The amount of costs (Rs.10,000/-) will be paid to Punjab State Legal Services Authority by the petitioner, within a month from the receipt of certified copy of this order. CRM No. M-25470 of 2009 3 A copy of this order be sent to the Punjab State Legal Services Authority, Chandigarh. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE December 17, 2009 'rajpal'