IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 22484 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : December 03, 2008 Satnam Singh and another ....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. Karanjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. IPS Sidhu, Sr. DAG Punjab Mr. Jagdeep Singh, Advocate, for respondent no. 2 Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioners have brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of F.I.R. No. 48 dated 17.6.2008 under Sections 365, 454, 380, 354, 323, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Harike District Tarn Taran and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Without going into any further details, suffice it to say that the aforesaid case was registered at the instance of respondent no. 2 Bawa Singh complainant who is present in the Court and identified by his counsel Sh. Jagdeep Singh. It is also to add here that the learned State counsel has fairly stated that during the course of investigation, no case was found to have been made out against any of the petitioners, therefore, cancellation report has been prepared and sent to the Ilaqa Judicial Magistrate. Even otherwise the parties have settled the dispute amicably with the intervention Criminal Misc. -M No. 22484 of 2008 (O&M) -2- of the respectables and common relations. In this regard, compromise deed dated 25.8.2008 Annexure P/2 is also placed on the file. In the given facts and circumstances, this Court feels that no useful purpose would be served if the proceedings in the case in hand are allowed to continue. It would be in the interest of peace and harmony between the parties to close the chapter of this case. In the result, this petition succeeds and consequently, F.I.R. No. 48 dated 17.6.2008 under Sections 365, 454, 380, 354, 323, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Harike District Tarn Taran and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby ordered to be quashed. ( Pritam Pal ) December 03, 2008 Judge 'dalbir'