Criminal Misc. No. M-11718 of 2009 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-11718 of 2009 Date of decision: May 27, 2009 Sohan Singh -Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & another -Respondents Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. SS Rangi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Mr. HPS Ghuman, Advocate, for respondent No.2. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.40 dated 26-5-2007 under Sections 453/380/506 IPC, registered at Police Station Bhadson, District Patiala (Annexure P-1 ) and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2 ) arrived at between the parties. Complainant/respondent No.2 is present in Court. He is duly identified by his counsel. He has filed an affidavit, which is taken on record as Mark 'A', wherein he admits the factum of compromise (Annexure P-2 ) arrived at between the parties. He states that he has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. Learned State counsel submits that the dispute being of private nature, the State would not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR in case there is a compromise. Criminal Misc. No. M-11718 of 2009 (2) The compromise is in the interest of the parties and after the matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose shall be served with continuance of the criminal proceedings, which would be a futile exercise. In view of the above, the present FIR deserves to be quashed in the light of the decision of Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR (Crl.) 1052. Resultantly, the present petition is allowed, the FIR and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. [Rajan Gupta] Judge May 27, 2009. 'ask'