IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 14316 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : December 08, 2008 Balwinder Kaur and others ....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. Ashok Singla, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. IPS Sidhu, Sr. DAG Punjab Mr. Ashish Gupta, Advocate for respondent nos. 2 and 3 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. 71 dated 5.7.2005 registered under Sections 324, 323, 34, 326 of the Indian Penal Code at Police Station Sadar Faridkot 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 Rajinder Kaur complainant who is present in the Court and identified by his counsel Sh. Ashish Gupta. Respondent no. 3 Sukhchain Singh is alleged to have sustained injury on the little finger of his right hand on account of which section 326 IPC was also added. Both the parties are stated to be related inter-se and now they all have arrived at a compromise with the intervention of the respectables and common relations vide compromise deed dated Criminal Misc. No. 14316 of 2008 (O&M) -2- 6.5.2008 Annexure P/2. The prosecution evidence in this case is yet to be recorded. 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. 71 dated 5.7.2005 registered under Sections 324, 323, 34, 326 of the Indian Penal Code at Police Station Sadar Faridkot and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby ordered to be quashed. ( Pritam Pal ) December 08, 2008 Judge 'dalbir'