CRM No.M-5458 of 2011 (O & M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ***** CRM No.M-5458 of 2011 (O & M) Date of decision : 29.9.2011 Harbans Kaur and others ........Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another ......Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present:- Mr. P.S.Hundal, Advocate, for the petitioners Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Addl.AG, Punjab Mr. J.S.Lalli, Advocate, for respondent No.2 --- AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) : This petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, prays for quashing of FIR No.106 dated 31.5.2006 under Sections 406, 498-A, 312, 506, 420, 120-B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Shimlapuri, District Ludhiana, alongwith subsequent proceedings, on the basis of compromise dated 27.11.2008, Annexure P-2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners contends that on account of a matrimonial dispute between respondent No.2-Inderpal Kaur and petitioner No.5-Tejinderpal Singh, the FIR came to be lodged. The disputes between the parties have been settled and Tejinderpal Singh and Inderpal Kaur have already taken divorce by mutual consent from a Court of competent jurisdiction. Inderpal Kaur is present in Court as identified by her counsel Mr. J.S.Lalli and states that all her rights arising out of the matrimony have been CRM No.M-5458 of 2011 (O & M) -2- satisfied by way of payment by the petitioners. In such circumstances, the complainant does not want to bring evidence and pursue the litigation against the petitioners and prays for quashing of the FIR to enable her to settle down in life. I have considered the stand of the complainant. The parties want to live in peace and harmony. Husband and wife have already taken divorce by way of mutual consent. Inderpal Kaur filed an affidavit today in Court which is taken on record. In the affidavit also it has been stated that on the intervention of respectables, all the disputes have been settled by way of compromise. Learned State counsel states that because the parties have entered into a compromise, the petition for quashing of FIR is not opposed. In view of the above, this petition is allowed and FIR No.106 dated 31.5.2006 under Sections 406, 498-A, 312, 506, 420, 120-B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Shimlapuri, District Ludhiana, alongwith subsequent proceedings, are hereby quashed. (AJAI LAMBA) JUDGE 29.9.2011 akm