Criminal Misc. No. M-13398 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-13398 of 2010 Date of decision : 14.07.2010 Soni @ Sohan Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Hardip Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. M.S. Mohali, Advocate for respondents No. 3. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 134 dated 15.09.2009 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468 & 471 IPC registered at Police Station Sadar, Roopnagar, District Ropar and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise dated (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. Complainant/respondent No.3 is present in Court. He is duly identified by his counsel. He has filed an affidavit, which is taken on record as Mark 'A' admitting therein the factum of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. It has been further stated in the affidavit that complainant/respondent No. 3 has no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Learned counsel for the State submits that in case a Criminal Misc. No. M-13398 of 2010 2 compromise has been arrived at between the parties, the State will not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR in question. The compromise is in the interest of the parties and after the matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose is likely to be served by continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of Full Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR(Crl.), 1052. Resultantly, the present petition is allowed. The FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. July 14, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE