IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No.M-9012 of 2009 Date of Decision 26.05.2009 Banta Singh and others ......Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and others ......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRITAM PAL Present: Ms.Gurnam Kaur Turka, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.K.D.Sachdeva, D.A.G. Punjab, for the respondent-State. Ms.Vinod Agnihotri, Advocate, for respondents No.2 to 6. ***** PRITAM PAL, J(ORAL): Petitioner Banta Singh and 20 others have brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of F.I.R.No.249 dated 04.06.2000, under Sections 382, 323, 427, 341, 148, 149 of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Sadar Rajpura, and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Without going into any further details, suffice it to say that the aforesaid case was registered at the instance of Joginder Singh respondent No.2-complainant. Perusal of the file shows that Joginder Singh-respondent No.2 was present in the Court on the last date of hearing i.e. on 11.05.2009. On that day, his statement was recorded in this Court wherein he specifically stated that he had no objection to the quashing of F.I.R. of this case. Today, respondents No.2 to 6 are represented by Ms.Vinod Agnihotri, Advocate. She states that the matter has been settled amicably between the Criminal Misc.No.M-9012 of 2009 -2- parties with the intervention of the respectable and common relations. In this regard, she has made reference to the compromise deed dated 25.02.2009 (Annexure P-2). Learned counsel for the parties state that in this case prosecution evidence is yet to be recorded. In the given facts and circumstances of the case, this Court feels that no useful purpose would be served if the proceedings in the case in hand are allowed to continue. Since the parties appear to be closely related to each other, so, it would also be in the interest of peace and harmony between them to close the chapter of this case. In the result, this petition succeeds and consequently, F.I.R.No.249 dated 04.06.2000, under Sections 382, 323, 427, 341, 148, 149 of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Sadar Rajpura, and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby ordered to be quashed, qua the petitioners. 26.05.2009 (PRITAM PAL) mamta-II JUDGE