Criminal Misc. No. M-5002 of 2008 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-5002 of 2008 Date of decision : March 14, 2008 Firay Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Amit Dhawan, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent No. 1 Mr. Ashok Khichi, Advocate for respondent no. 2/complainant. 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. 163 dated June 04, 2006 registered under Sections 406 and 420 IPC at Police Station Division No. 6, Jalandhar City and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. 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-2.. 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 the FIR in question is quashed. Once that is so the FIR in question registered against the petitioner 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 petitioner are not disputed by the learned counsel for respondent no. 2/complainant. Reply on behalf of Respondent no. 2/ complainant, has been filed in Court today in which he Criminal Misc. No. M-5002 of 2008 -2- *** admitted the contents of the petition filed by the petitioner and stated 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. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 163 dated June 04, 2006 registered under Sections 406 and 420 IPC at Police Station Division No. 6, Jalandhar City and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. March 14, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge