IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-23344 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: September 23, 2011 Surjit Kaur ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.M.S.Cheema, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.J.S,Bhullar, Assistant Adv. General, Punjab Kuldip Kaur – complainant / respondent No.3 with her counsel Mr.Arun Chandra, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, seeking quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No.9 dated January 09th, 2005 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 323, 354, 452 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') in Police Station Mohali, District SAS Nagar, Mohali. Kuldip Kaur – respondent No.3/complainant has stated at bar that she has compromised the matter with the petitioner with the intervention of the relatives and friends. The compromise deed (Annexure P2) has been placed on record. She further states that there is no ill-will left. In the circumstances, there cannot be any embargo in allowing the parties to compromise the matter in view of the law laid down by the Five Judge Bench's decision of this Court rendered in Kulwinder Singh & others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. Thus, this Court is also 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.9 dated January 09th, 2005 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 323, 354, 452 read with Section 34 IPC in Police Station Mohali, District SAS Nagar, Mohali and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. September 23, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian' JUDGE