Criminal Misc. No. M-4998 of 2008 (O&M) -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-4998 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : March 11, 2008 Sandeep Goel .....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Deepak Sonak, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana for respondent No. 1 Mr. Ashwani Yadav, Advocate for respondent no. 2. RAJESH BINDAL J. The prayer made in this petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ( for short “the Code”) is for quashing FIR No. 14 dated January 14, 2008 registered under Sections 379, 380, 408, 467, 468, 471, 420, and 120-B IPC at Police Station, Ambala Cantt. and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably by way of compromise which has been reduced in writing. Copy thereof is placed on record as Annexure P-2. Once that is so the FIR in question registered against the petitioner 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 the learned counsel for respondent no. 2/complainant. Reply on behalf of Respondent no. 2/complainant, has been filed in which complainant while admitting the factum of compromise stated that he has no objection if the FIR in question is quashed. Criminal Misc. No. M-4998 of 2008 (O&M) -2- **** Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 14 dated January 14, 2008 registered under Sections 379, 380, 408, 467, 468, 471, 420, and 120-B IPC at Police Station, Ambala Cantt. and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. March 11, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge