Criminal Misc. No.41397-M of 2007 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No.41397-M of 2007 (O&M) Date of Decision:01.04.2008 Devinder Singh Deol & another .....Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. D.R.Punia, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG, Punjab for respondent No.1. Mr. Tajinder Pal Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2. **** RAJESH BINDAL J. The prayer made in this present petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short `the Code') is for quashing of FIR No.160 dated 28.8.2001 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC at Police Station, Saraba Nagar, Ludhiana and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that it is a dispute between landlord and tenants, which has been settled amicably. As per compromise Annexure P.1, complainant- landlord has received Rs. 2,46,000/- in cash from the petitioners- tenants as full and final settlement of his claim and nothing is due from the petitioners. The petitioners- tenants have vacated the house in question and handed over the vacant possession of the portion of the house to the complainant- landlord. 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 Punjab, 2007(3) Law Herald (P&H) 2225. The facts stated by the petitioners are not disputed by counsel for respondent No.2. The affidavit of the complainant-landlord has been filed in Court today in which while admitting the factum of compromise, the complainant has stated that he has no objection in case the FIR in question Criminal Misc. No.41397-M of 2007 (O&M) -2- is quashed. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served by proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No.160 dated 28.8.2001 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC at Police Station, Saraba Nagar, Ludhiana and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. April 01, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE