Criminal Misc. M-No. 34514 of 2009 1 .. IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. M-No. 34514 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision : May 05, 2009 Surjit Singh and others ..Petitioners Versus The State of Punjab and another .. Respondents CORAM : Hon`ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Shri Malkeet Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. Shri K.D.Sachdeva, DAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. Shri Sanjay Gupta, Advocate, for respondent No.2. PRITAM PAL, J. Petitioners Surjit Singh and three others have brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of FIR bearing No.356 dated 15.10.2004 under sections 406, 498-A of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Banga, District Nawanshahr, on the basis of compromise. Without going into any further details, suffice it to say that this case has arisen out of a matrimonial dispute, which was registered at the instance of respondent No. 2 - Mrs. Usha Rani, who is present in person and identified by her counsel Shri Sanjay Criminal Misc. M-No. 34514 of 2009 2 .. Gupta, Advocate. Reply on her has also been filed in Court , which is taken on record. On a query put to the complainant – respondent No. 2 she states that the matter has been settled amicably and she has been duly compensated. She further states that a decree of divorce has already been passed between the parties. In this regard, compromise deed Annexure P/2, is also placed on the file. The proceedings of the case are still at initial stage as challan is yet to be presented in the Court. In the given facts and circumstances, this Court feels that no useful purpose would be served if the proceedings in the case in hand are allowed to continue. Moreover, it would be in the interest of justice, peace and harmony between the parties to close the chapter of this case. In the result, this petition succeeds and FIR No.356 dated 15.10.2004 under sections 406, 498-A of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Banga, District Nawanshahr and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed qua the petitioners. [ PRITAM PAL ] May 05 , 2009 JUDGE som