IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-33040 of 2011 Date of decision: 16.12.2011. Bant Singh & others ..Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. B. S. Bhalla, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Palvinder Singh, Sr. DAG, Punjab, for respondent No.1 – State. Complainant in person with Mr. J.S. Brar, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) By this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioners seek quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No. 78 dated October 1st, 2011 under Section 498A read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'), registered in Police Station Sidhwan Bet, District Ludhiana. Grounds pleaded are that the parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of respectables. All matrimonial disputes have been amicably settled. Affidavit of the complainant (Annexure P-2) has also been placed on record. Having regard to the fact that all matrimonial differences have been resolved, this Court is of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioners. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No. No. 78 dated October 1st, 2011 under Section 498A read with Section 34 IPC registered in Police Station Sidhwan Bet, District Ludhiana and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 16.12.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE