Criminal Misc. No.48480-M of 2007 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No.48480-M of 2007 (O&M) Date of Decision:19.03.2008 Kaku and others .....Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Mohd. Yousaf, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG, Punjab for respondent No.1. Mr. P.S.Dhaliwal, Advocate for respondent No.2. **** RAJESH BINDAL J. The prayer made in this present petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short `the Code') is for quashing of FIR No.284 dated 1.9.2006 registered under Sections 452, 324, 323, 506, 148 and 149 IPC and 326 of IPC added later on, registered at Police Station, Sadar, Hoshiarpur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably. The affidavits of the complainant, respondent No.2 and the injured, namely, Nazir Mohd. have been placed on record as Annexures P.4 and P.5 respectively in which they have stated that they have no objection in case the FIR in question is quashed. He further submits that even petitioners No.1 to 4 were granted anticipatory bail by this Court referring to the compromise between the parties. Compromise deed has also been placed on record as Annexure P.2. Once that is so the FIR in question registered against the petitioners be quashed. 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. The facts stated by the petitioner are not disputed by counsel for respondent No.2. Criminal Misc. No.48480-M of 2007 -2- 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.284 dated 1.9.2006 registered under Sections 452, 324, 323, 506, 148 and 149 IPC and 326 of IPC added later on, registered at Police Station, Sadar, Hoshiarpur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. March 19, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE