Criminal Misc. No. 5606-M of 2008 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 5606-M of 2008 Date of decision : March 04, 2008 Piara Singh and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Sukhjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent No. 1 Mr. Damanjit, Advocate for respondent no. 2 and respondent no. 2 in person. 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. 53 dated June 26, 2000 registered under Sections 294, 430, 506 and 34 IPC at Police Station Raikot, Police District Jagraon 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-1. The affidavit of the complainant has also been placed on record as Annexure P-3 in which complainant stated that he has no objection in case FIR in question is quashed. 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 the learned counsel for respondent no. 2, who is son complainant. Short reply Criminal Misc. No. 5606-M of 2008 -2- *** on behalf of Respondent no. 2-son of the complainant, has been filed in Court today in which he admitted the contents of the petition filed by the petitioners and stated that FIR in question may be quashed. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no 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. 53 dated June 26, 2000 registered under Sections 294, 430, 506 and 34 IPC at Police Station Raikot, Police District Jagraon and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. March 04, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge