IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-5614 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: September 19, 2011 Ram Lal Nath ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.Rajesh Lamba, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Satyavir Singh Yadav, Dy. Adv. General, Haryana for respondent – State. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) Ram Lal Nath – petitioner, by filing this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, has sought quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.128 dated May 07 th, 2002, registered under Sections 406, 498-A read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') in Police Station Bhattu Kalan, District Fatehabad, on the basis of compromise. By order dated February 24 th, 2011, Ritu Bahri, J. directed the parties to appear before the trial Court and the trial Court was directed to record the statements of the parties. In compliance with the same, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Fatehabad recorded the statements of the parties, whereby, they stated that they have compromised the matter. Compromise-deed (Annexure P2) has also been placed on record. Having regard to the fact that all matrimonial differences have been resolved, this Court is of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioner. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.128 dated May 07 th, 2002, registered under Sections 406, 498-A read with Section 34 IPC in Police Station Bhattu Kalan, District Fatehabad and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. September 19, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian' JUDGE