IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-3429 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: August 23, 2011 Sandeep Kumar Anand ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.Gautam Thapar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.J.S.Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for respondent – State. Ms.Monika – respondent No.2 in person with her counsel Mr.K.S.Dadwal, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, petitioner seeks quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.64 dated July 06th, 2010 registered under Section 323, 406 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (for short `IPC'), Police Station City Hoshiarpur. Monika – respondent No.2/complainant has stated at bar that she has compromised the matter with the petitioner before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court. Compromise-deed (Annexure P1) executed before the Mediator has also been placed on record. All disputes have been amicably settled. Having regard to the fact that all matrimonial differences have been resolved, this Court is of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioners. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.64 dated July 06th, 2010 registered under Section 323, 406 and 498-A IPC, Police Station City Hoshiarpur and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. August 23, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian' JUDGE