Criminal Misc. No. 47447-M of 2007 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 47447-M of 2007 Date of decision : February 27, 2008 Paramjit Kaur .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr.B.S. Jaswall, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. J.S. Bhuller, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for respondent No. 1 Mr. Vikrampreet Arora, 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 FIR No. 42 dated April 03, 2007 registered under Sections 2, 3, 4 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 and 314 IPC at Police Station, Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise having been effected between the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits 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-2. 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 the learned counsel for respondent no. 2/complainant. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no Criminal Misc. No. 47447-M of 2007 -2- **** 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. 42 dated April 03, 2007 registered under Sections 2, 3, 4 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 and 314 IPC at Police Station, Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. February 27, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge