Criminal Misc. No. 44647-M of 2007 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 44647-M of 2007 Date of decision : February 26, 2008 Daljit Singh @ Laddi and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. G.S. Gill, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent no.1. Ms. Nidhi, Advocate for respondent No. 2/ complainant. RAJESH BINDAL, J. The prayer made in this petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ( for short “the Code”) is for quashing of FIR No. 134 dated June 29, 2007 registered under Sections 324, 452, and 34 IPC at Police Station, Bholath, District Kapurthala and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably. The affidavit of Surinder Kaur has also been placed on record as Annexures P-2 in which complainant while admitting factum of compromise stated that she does not want to take any type of legal action against petitioners. 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/complainant. Respondent no. 2/complainant has filed reply in Court today in which she admits the fact stated by the petitioners and states that she does not have any objection in case the FIR in question is quashed on the basis of compromise. Criminal Misc. No. 44647-M of 2007 -2- *** Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. No. 134 dated June 29, 2007 registered under Sections 324, 452, and 34 IPC at Police Station, Bholath, District Kapurthala and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. February 26, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge