Crl. Misc. No.M-24925 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-24925 of 2010 Date of Decision: October 25, 2010 Naib Singh and others …..Petitioners Vs. State of U.T. Chandigarh and another …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.S.K. Sood, Advocate for respondent No.2. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 540 dated November 23, 2007 under Sections 406, 498-A IPC, registered at Police Station Sector 34, Chandigarh, on the basis of compromise. The said FIR was registered at the instance of complainant- respondent No.2- Harkamaljit Kaur, alleging that she was married to petitioner No.3 and that she had been maltreated on Crl. Misc. No.M-24925 of 2010 [2] account of demand of dowry by petitioner No.3 and his family members. Petitioners No.1 and 2 are father and mother of petitioner No.3, respectively. On notice issued to the respondents, respondent No.2 has come present in the Court and stated that the matter has been settled and that a divorce petition under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act has been filed in the Court of District Judge, Chandigarh. In compliance with the terms of the amicably settlement, a sum of Rs.1.50 lacs in the shape of bank draft has been paid to complainant- respondent No.2 in the Court. She has stated that she does not want to pursue her remedies against the petitioners, as the parties have decided to dissolve the marriage by fling a petition under Section 13-B of the Act. I have considered the facts and circumstances of this case in the light of the judgment of the Apex Court in B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another, 2003 (2) RCR (Crl.) 888, and Full Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab and others, 2007 (3) RCR(Crl.) 1052. Petition is allowed. FIR No. 540 dated November 23, 2007 under Sections 406, 498-A IPC, registered at Police Station Sector 34, Chandigarh and all the criminal proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. October 25, 2010 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE