Criminal Misc. No.4693-M of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No.4693-M of 2008 Date of Decision:27.02.2008 Manjit Singh and others .....Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Rajinder Goyal, Advocate for the petitioners.8 **** RAJESH BINDAL J. The prayer made in the present petition is for quashing of FIR No.325 dated 18.9.2006 under Sections 448/511/451/147/149/380 IPC registered at Police Station Kharar, District S.A.S., Mohali and all consequent proceedings thereto on the basis of compromise. Notice of motion Mr. J.S.Bhullar, AAG, Punjab and Mr. V.S.Rana, Advocate, who are present in Court, accepts notice on behalf of respondents No.1 and 2. Repondent No.2- complainant is also present in person in Court, who is identified by her counsel. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the FIR in question was got registered by respondent No.2, complainant under some misunderstanding at that time as there was some bitterness in the relations between the parties. Besides this, another FIR No.198 dated 26.10.2002 was also got registered by respondent No.2, complainant. Thereafter, all the disputes between the family members have been settled amicably and now since January, 2007 onwards, the respondent No.2, complainant is living happily with petitioner No.1, her husband. The submission is that once the dispute has already been settled amicably, the FIR in question be quashed for which even respondent No.2, complainant also does not have any objection. Reliance has been placed upon a Five Judge Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab, 2007(3) Law Herald (P&H) 2225 Criminal Misc. No.4693-M of 2008 -2- The facts stated by counsel for the petitioners are not disputed by counsel representing respondent No.2, who is present in Court in person as well. She also admits that after the dispute between the parties has been settled, she is happily living with petitioner No.1, her husband and has no objection in case the FIR in question is quashed. In addition, an affidavit of respondent No.2, complainant has also been placed on record. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served by proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No.325 dated 18.9.2006 under Sections 448/511/451/147/149/380 IPC registered at Police Station Kharar, District S.A.S., Mohali and all proceedings consequent thereto are quashed. The petition is disposed of. February 27, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE