Criminal Misc. No. M-1480 of 2008 (O&M) -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-1480 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : March 13, 2008 Sukhcharan Jit Singh and another .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Ms. Monika Goyal, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. J. S. Bhuller, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for respondent No. 1 Ms. Vikash Chaudhary, 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. 288 dated September 27, 1997 registered under Sections 323, 324 and 34 IPC at Police Station, Division No. 5, Ludhiana and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise having been effected between the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably by way of compromise which has been reduced in writing. Copy thereof is placed on record as Annexure P-1. Learned counsel further submitted that petitioner no. 1 is landlord whereas respondent no. 2 is the son of complainant, who is his tenant and both the parties had got registered FIR against each other. However, now both the parties have settled their dispute amicably and do not want to proceed against each other. Once that is so the FIR in question registered against the petitioners be quashed. Reliance has been placed upon a five Judge Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Criminal Misc. No. M-1480 of 2008 (O&M) -2- **** Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald (P&H) 2225. The facts stated by the petitioners are not disputed by learned counsel for respondent no. 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. 288 dated September 27, 1997 registered under Sections 323, 324 and 34 IPC at Police Station, Division No. 5, Ludhiana and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. March 13, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge