Criminal Misc. No.M-7598 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No.M-7598 of 2008 Date of Decision:09.04.2008 Surjit Singh and others .....Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. G.K.Mann, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG, Punjab for respondent No.1. Mr. H.S.Sangha, Advocate along with respondent No.2/ complainant in person. **** 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.42 dated 24.2.2002 registered under Sections 326, 324, 323, 34 IPC at Police Station, Kathunangal, District Majithia and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Respondent No.2 -Complainant, Parmatma Singh is present in Court in person and identified by his counsel. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably. Compromise (Annexure P-2) has also been placed on record in which the parties have stated that they have no grudge against each other. 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 counsel for respondent No.2. Statement of respondent No.2- complainant has been recorded in Court today wherein he admits the factum of compromise and states that he has no objection in case the FIR in question is quashed. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served by proceeding with the prosecution. Criminal Misc. No.M-7598 of 2008 -2- Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No.42 dated 24.2.2002 registered under Sections 326, 324, 323, 34 IPC at Police Station, Kathunangal, District Majithia and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. April 09, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE