Criminal Misc. No.M-4870 of 2008 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No.M-4870 of 2008 (O&M) Date of Decision:19.03.2008 Baljinder Kaur .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Sarju Puri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.S.Bhullar, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Rajeshwar Singh, Advocate for the complainant. **** 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 criminal complaint No.353/1 of 2003 tilted as “Nasib Kaur v. Harbhajan Kaur and others' under Sections 325, 323, 504, 506, 452, 34 IPC and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that parties to the dispute are close relatives. Present proceedings are off shoot of matrimonial dispute. Now the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably. He further submits that other accused, namely, Harbhajan Kaur and Reeta have already been acquitted and the petitioner was declared proclaimed offender. Another FIR bearing No.152 dated 29.5.2003 under Section 380/34 IPC registered against Harbhajan Kaur has already been quashed by this Court vide order dated 4.12.2007 passed in Criminal Misc. No.39323-M of 2007 (Jeet Ram and others v. State of Punjab and another). Compromise Annexure P.3 and Annexure P.7 have been placed on record in which the complainant has stated that she has no objection in case the complaint 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. Criminal Misc. No.M-4870 of 2008 (O&M) -2- The facts stated by the petitioner are not disputed by counsel for respondents No.2. Reply on behalf of respondents No.2/ complainant has been filed in which she admitted the contents of the petition filed by the petitioner and stated that petition may be allowed in view of the compromise. 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), criminal complaint No.353/1 of 2003 tilted as “Nasib Kaur v. Harbhajan Kaur and others' under Sections 325, 323, 504, 506, 452, 34 IPC and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. March 19, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE