Crl. Misc. No. M-11418 of 2011 (O & M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-11418 of 2011 (O & M) DATE OF DECISION: August 23, 2011 Desh Raj and others .........PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Haryana and another ........ RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: Mr. Sandeep Kotla, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. S.S. Nara, Sr. DAG, Haryana. AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL) This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. praying for quashing of FIR No. 177 dated 15.06.2007 under Sections 498-A/406 IPC, PS. Bhuna, District Fatehabad. It has been pleaded that on account of matrimonial disputes between respondent no. 2-Smt. Suman Bala and Desh Raj-petitioner no. 1, FIR came to be lodged. On intervention of respectables, the disputes have now been settled by way of compromise. A petition under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act has already been filed before District Judge, Fatehabad, for dissolution of marriage by way of decree by mutual consent. Vide order dated 20.04.2011, the Trial Court was directed to verify whether the compromise is genuine or not. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Fatehabad has forwarded a report dated 18.07.2011, from which it is made out that the complainant appeared and gave her statement to the effect that compromise is genuine. It has been Crl. Misc. No. M-11418 of 2011 (O & M) 2 concluded by the Magistrate that the compromise is without any pressure or coercion. Learned counsel for the respondent-State states that because the parties have entered into a compromise, the petition for quashing of FIR is not opposed. In view of the fact that the complainant-respondent no. 2 has settled her disputes with the petitioners by way of compromise and a petition for divorce by mutual consent has already been filed, continuance of proceedings shall not serve any purpose in law. Rather pendency of the proceedings shall not allow the parties to settle down in peace. In view of the above, the petition is allowed. FIR No. 177 dated 15.06.2007 under Sections 498-A/406 IPC, PS. Bhuna, District Fatehabad and subsequent proceedings are hereby quashed. 23.08.2011 (AJAI LAMBA) shivani JUDGE