CRM No.M-30774 of 2009.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CRM No.M-30774 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 05.05.2011 **** Jasbir Singh . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Punjab . . . . Respondent **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? **** Present: Mr. KS Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. TS Salana, DAG Punjab Mr. Gourave Bhayyia, Advocate for the complainant **** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). In this petition under Section 438 Cr.PC, the petitioner- husband seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No.122 dated 13.08.2009 under Sections 406/498-A IPC, PS Fatehgarh Sahib. (2). Interim bail was granted to the petitioner by this Court vide order dated 03.11.2009. CRM No.M-30774 of 2009.doc - 2 – (3). Today when the case was taken up, the complainant-wife is also present in Court. Earlier also, she was present on 2-3 occasions. During the course of hearing, the parties expressed their desire to amicably settle the unfortunate matrimonial dispute by parting ways. (4). Statements of the complainant-wife as well as the petitioner-husband have been separately recorded today to the effect that they shall seek divorce under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and a petition in this regard shall be filed along with the certified copy of this order. The petitioner shall pay a sum of Rs.1,40,000/- to the complainant-wife by way of demand draft in those divorce proceedings and on payment thereof, the learned District Judge shall grant the decree of divorce as per law. Similarly, on the basis of the said compromise, the FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings shall also be formally quashed after the decree of divorce is passed. (5). Till then, the investigation and further proceedings shall remain stayed. (6). The effect of the compromise would be that any other proceedings initiated by the parties against each other shall also come to an end. CRM No.M-30774 of 2009.doc - 3 – (7). With these directions and observations, the present petition stands disposed of. In view of the compromise, the Investigating Officer is directed to hand over the articles recovered from the petitioner or his family members to the complainant-wife, a list of which has been shown to her today in Court. (8). Disposed of accordingly. Dasti. 05.05.2011 vishal shonkar (S u r y a K a n t) Judge