CRM No. M-11130 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-11130 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 9.7.2009 Lalit Thukral and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Mr. GS Rawat, Advocate, for the complainant. Rajan Gupta, J. The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.77 dated 22.11.2001, under Sections 323, 324, 506, 452, 148, 149 IPC, registered at Police Station Division No.8, Jalandhar (Annexure P-1) and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. Complainant/respondent No.2 is present in Court. He is duly identified by his counsel. He has filed a short reply and an affidavit, which are taken on record as Marks 'A' & 'B' respectively, admitting therein the factum of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. He states that he has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. CRM No. M-11130 of 2009 2 Learned counsel for the State submits that in view of the fact that the parties have arrived at a compromise, the State would not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR. 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, which would be a futile exercise. In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of 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, the FIR and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE July 09, 2009 'rajpal'