Crl.Misc.No.M-1471 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-1471 of 2009 Date of Decision: 17 - 2 – 2009 Kulbir Singh @ Baboo and others .....Petitioners v. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA *** Present: Mr.Nandan Jindal, Advocate for Mr.Manish Kumar Singla, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.A.S.Brar, DAG, Punjab. Mr.Jasjit Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2. *** KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) This petition has been filed by Kulbir Singh @ Baboo and his parents, namely, Gurcharan Singh and Salochna Devi. They have sought quashing of case FIR No.162 dated 18.4.2004, Annexure P1, registered at Police Station Sunam, District Sangrur under Sections 498-A and 406 IPC on basis of compromise, Annexure P3. It has been stated in the FIR that estranged wife respondent No.2-complainant was married with Kulbir Singh @ Baboo on 12.12.2002. Crl.Misc.No.M-1471 of 2009 [2] It has been further stated that she was ill treated and harassed by the petitioners in her matrimonial home. During the pendency of criminal litigation, a compromise has been arrived at between the parties. Compromise has been annexed as Annexure P-3. As per the compromise, one child who is aged 5 years is to remain with wife Hardip Kaur. She has stated that she has received a lump sum amount of Rs.50,000/-. It has been further stated that vide Anexure P- 2, the marriage between the parties has been dissolved by the Court of Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Sangrur who has passed a decree of divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act. In the present petition, on 19.1.2009 notice of motion was issued. Hardip Kaur is present in Court. She has been identified by her counsel Mr.Jasjit Singh. An affidavit of Hardip Kaur has also been placed on record. HC Mann Singh, Police Station Sunam who has come to assist counsel for the State has also identified Hardip Kaur. Hardip Kaur has stated in Court that since divorce has been granted to her and she has received her Istri Dhan, and permanent alimony and maintenance, she do not want to proceed with the matter. She further state that she has no objection if FIR is quashed. It has been held by the Hon'ble Apex Court in B.S.Joshi v. State of Haryana, 2003(2) RCR (Criminal) 888 and a Full Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others v. State of Punjab and another, 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 1052 that if a matrimonial dispute has been resolved, no useful purpose would be served by continuing with the criminal proceedings. Taking into consideration the ratio of law in B.S.Joshi's case (supra) and Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), the Crl.Misc.No.M-1471 of 2009 [3] impugned FIR along with all subsequent proceedings is quashed. ( KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA ) February 17, 2008. JUDGE RC