Criminal Misc. No. M-18379 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-18379 of 2010 Date of decision : 23.08.2010 Gurminder Singh and another ....Petitionersd V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. S.S. Toor, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. R.K. Gautam, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 270 dated 10.08.2007 under Sections 406 & 498-A IPC, registered at Police Station Kharar and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the parties submit that during the pendency of this petition a compromise has been arrived at between the parties and dispute has been amicably settled. They submit that complainant namely Harinder Kaur is present in Court today. She has been duly identified by Mr. R.K. Gautam, Advocate for the complainant. She has filed her affidavit in court which is taken on record as Mark 'A'. In her affidavit she has admitted the factum of compromise arrived at between her and the petitioners. It has been further stated in the affidavit that respondent No. 2 (complainant) has Criminal Misc. No. M-18379 of 2010 2 no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Learned counsel for the State submits that in view of compromise, the State will not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR in question. 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 by continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in the light of Full Bench judgment 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 in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. August 23, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE