Criminal Misc. No. M-4652 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-4652 of 2008 Date of decision: November 05, 2009 Harbans Singh -Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & another -Respondents Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. BS Bhalla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Mr. NK Sharma, Advocate, for the complainant/respondent No.2. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 125 dated 24-6-1996 under Sections 452/326/325/324/323/148/149 IPC, registered against the petitoner at police station Baghapurana, District Moga and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-1) arrived at between the parties. Mr. Bhalla submits that the matter in cross version in the instant FIR against co-accused has already been quashed by this court vide order dated 14-01-2008 passed in Criminal Misc. No. 46829-M of 2007. He further submits that the FIR itself has been quashed vide order dated 14-01-2008 passed in Criminal Misc. No. 46835-M of 2007. The aforesaid submission is not disputed by learned State counsel as well learned counsel for respondent No.2. Criminal Misc. No. M-4652 of 2008 2 Baljit Singh, Complainant/respondent No.2 is present in Court. He is duly identified by his counsel. He has filed an affidavit in Court today ( taken on record as Mark 'A') admitting therein the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. He states that he has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. Learned State counsel submits that since the parties have arrived at an amicable settlement, the State would not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR on the basis of compromise. 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 with continuance of the criminal proceedings, which would be a futile exercise. In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of a Full Bench 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 against the present petitioner and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. [Rajan Gupta] Judge November 05, 2009. 'ask'