IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-1159 of 2009 Date of decision : 05.02.2009 Surinder Kumar and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Arun Kumar Bakshi, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. Mr. H.S. Sethi, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This petition has been filed on behalf of all the accused under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 59 dated 25.04.2006, under Sections 406, 498-A IPC, registered at Police Station Division No. 7 Jalandhar (Annexure P-1) and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrive at between the parties. Complainant is present in the Court today and has been duly identified by her counsel Mr. H.S. Sethi. She has also filed an affidavit which is taken on record as mark 'A' admitting therein the factum of compromise. She states that she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. Counsel for the parties have also referred to the compromise deed, Annexure P-2 to highlight the terms of compromise. The compromise is in the interest of the parties and after the Crl. Misc No. M-1159 of 2009 -2- matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose is likely to be served with continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom 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 in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. 05.02.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE