Criminal Misc. No.M-3413 of 2008 -1-` IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No.M-3413 of 2008 Date of Decision:03.04.2008 Inderjit and others .....Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Amit Rawal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. J.S.Bhullar, AAG, Punjab for respondent No.1. Mr. J.S.Randhawa, Advocate for respondent No.2- complainant. **** 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.48 dated 23.3.2002 registered under Sections 295-A, 149, 506 IPC at Police Station, Division No.3, Ludhiana as well as Kalendra filed under Section 182 Cr.P.C. and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties who has been settled amicably. The compromise/ agreement is appended as Annexure P-3 in which both the parties have stated that they will live in peace and complete harmony and shall not initiate any civil or criminal proceedings against each other in future. It is signed by both the parties who were identified by Police. Once that is so the FIR in question registered against the petitioner 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 counsel for the petitioners are not disputed by counsel for the respondents. 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 Criminal Misc. No.M-3413 of 2008 -2-` Singh's case (supra), FIR No.48 dated 23.3.2002 registered under Sections 295-A, 149, 506 IPC at Police Station, Division No.3, Ludhiana as well as Kalendra filed under Section 182 Cr.P.C. and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. April 03, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE