Criminal Misc. No. M-7455 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-7455 of 2009 Date of decision: November 19, 2009 Inder Sharma & another -Petitioners Versus State of Haryana & others -Respondents Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Pritam Saini, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Dhir, AAG, Haryana. Mr. RK Saini, Advocate, for respondents No.2 & 3. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.673 dated 7-12-2005 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 364/323/34 IPC, registered at police station City Panipat, and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-3) arrived at between the parties. Affidavits of Shiv Kumar, complainant/respondent No.2 as well as Sant Ram/respondent No.3, who was allegedly abducted have been filed filed in court. The same are taken on record as marks 'A' & 'B'. According to the said affidavits, the matter has been amicably settled between the parties and respondents No.2 & 3 have no objection if the instant FIR is quashed. Mr. Saini, learned counsel for the petitioners has very fairly submitted that since some expenses must have been incurred by the State Criminal Misc. No. M-7455 of 2009 2 since the investigating machinery was set into motion, petitioners are ready to remit Rs.20,000/-(twenty thousand) as costs of proceedings. Mr. Saini, however, prays that the said amount be sent to the Legal Services Authority, Haryana. Reply by way of affidavit of Senior Superintendent of Police, Panipat has been filed in court, which is taken on record. Learned State counsel submits that since the parties have arrived at an amicable settlement, the State would not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR on the basis of compromise. The compromise is in the interest of the parties and after the matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose is likely to be served with continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of a 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 and FIR and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed subject to the petitioners complying with the undertaking aforesaid. [Rajan Gupta] Judge November 19, 2009. 'ask'