IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 10528-M of 2004 Date of decision : February 18, 2008 Jitender and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Haryana ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Sachin Mittal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. 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. 460 dated June 08, 1999 registered under Sections 406, 498-A and 506 IPC at Police Station City, Gurgaon and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably settled. Even the divorce has been granted in a petition filed under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 vide order dated May 13, 2004 passed by learned Additional District Judge, Gurgaon. Affdiavit of the complainant has also been placed on record in which complainant while admitting the factum of compromise, it is stated that the dowry articles have been returned and a lump sum amount towards permanent alimony and other expenses have already been paid and no useful purpose will be served by allowing FIR in question and the proceedings thereupon to continue. 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. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 460 dated June 08, 1999 registered under Sections 406, 498-A and 506 IPC at Police Station City, Gurgaon and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. February 18, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge