Criminal Misc. No. M-16623 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-16623 of 2011 Date of decision : 02.09.2011 Amrinder Singh and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Ritesh Pandey, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Rajeev Kapila, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioners have filed this petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No. 134 dated 07.06.2010 registered under sections 452, 324, 323, 148, 149, 427, 379, 186, 353 & 332 IPC at police station Civil Lines Tehsil Batala District Gurdaspur and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2). Learned counsel for the parties submit that during the pendency of this petition a compromise has been arrived at between the parties and dispute has been amicably settled. They submit that respondent No. 2 is present in court today and has been duly identified by Mr. Rajeev Kapila, Advocate for respondent No. 2. They have produced affidavit of Kuldip Singh (respondent no. 2) which is taken on record as Mark ‘A’ admitting therein the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. It has Criminal Misc. No. M-16623 of 2011 2 further been stated in the affidavit that respondent No. 2 has no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned counsel for respondent No. 2 submit that in view of compromise, the impugned FIR deserves to be quashed. Learned counsel for the State, on instructions from ASI Onkar Singh, who is present in court, submits that in view of compromise the State will not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR in question. The compromise is in the interest of the parties and after the matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose is likely to be served by continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in light of Full Bench judgment of this court in Kulwinder Singh & others Vs. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR(Crl.) 1052. Resultantly, the present petition is allowed. The FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. September 02, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE