IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 27700 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : December 04, 2008 Daljit Kumar and others ....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. AS Manaise, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. IPS Sidhu, Sr. DAG Punjab Mr. Mandeep Sodhi, Advocate for respondent no. 2 Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitiones have brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of F.I.R. No. 208 dated 6.6.2008 registered under Sections 379, 427, 506, 323, 148 of the Indian Penal Code at Police Station Sadar Fazilka, District Ferozepur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Without going into any further details, suffice it to say that the aforesaid case was registered at the instance of respondent no. 2 Ashish Gagneja, Principal, Sant Kabir Polytechnic College, Village Jat Wali complainant who is present in the Court and identified by his counsel Sh. Mandeep Sodhi. In this case the prosecution evidence is yet to be recorded. Now the parties, with the intervention of the respectables, and keeping in view the interest of Institute and future of the petitioners who are stated to Criminal Misc. No. 27700 of 2008 (O&M) -2- be students of the college have arrived at a compromise. In this regard, compromise/affidavit dated 4.9.2008 Annexure P/2 is also placed on the file. In the given facts and circumstances, this Court feels that no useful purpose would be served if the proceedings in the case in hand are allowed to continue. It would be in the interest of peace and harmony between the parties to close the chapter of this case. In the result, this petition succeeds and consequently, F.I.R. No. 208 dated 6.6.2008 registered under Sections 379, 427, 506, 323, 148 of the Indian Penal Code at Police Station Sadar Fazilka, District Ferozepur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby ordered to be quashed. ( Pritam Pal ) December 04, 2008 Judge 'dalbir'