Criminal Misc. No.M-5597 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No.M-5597 of 2008 Date of Decision:08.04.2008 Harvinder Kaur and another .....Petitioners Vs. The State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Premjit Singh Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG, Punjab for respondent No.1. Mr. Kamal Narual, Advocate along with complainant in person. **** 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.149 dated 19.10.2006 registered under Section 420 IPC at Police Station, Mehna, District Moga and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Respondent No.2 -Complainant, Gurmeet Kaur alongwith her son Parminder Singh is present in Court in person and identified by her counsel. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably. The affidavit of the complainant (Annexure P-2) has also been placed on record in which the complainant has stated that she has no objection in case the FIR in question is quashed. 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 petitioners are not disputed by counsel for respondent No.2. Statement of respondent No.2- complainant has been recorded in Court today wherein she admits the factum of compromise and states that she has no objection in case the FIR in question is quashed. A Criminal Misc. No.M-5597 of 2008 -2- short reply has been filed on behalf of respondent No.1 in Court today. 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.149 dated 19.10.2006 registered under Section 420 IPC at Police Station, Mehna, District Moga and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. April 08, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE