IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc. No. M-23049 of 2008 Date of Decision: January 19, 2009 Gurdeep Singh and another. .............Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ..........Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mrs.Justice Sabina Present: Mr.J.S.Dadwal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Amandeep Singh Rai,AAG Punjab Mr.Mukesh Kumar Bhatnagar, Advocate for respondent No.2 Sabina, J. This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of the FIR No.14 dated 26.2.2007 under Sections 323, 325, 34 of the Indian Penal Code (`IPC ' for short) registered at Police Station Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar and all subsequent proceedings taken thereon, on the basis of the compromise (Annexure P2). Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the parties had arrived at a compromise with the intervention of the village Panchyat as both the parties were neighbour and wanted to live peacefully in future. Learned counsel for respondent No.2 has placed on record an affidavit of Darshan Kumar, father of the complainant-Anupam Dayal as the complainant has gone to Australia to pursue further studies. Father of the complainant in his affidavit has submitted that the compromise (Annexure P2) was signed by his son i.e. complainant in his presence. He had also signed the compromise. He has no objection, if the FIR was quashed. A perusal of the compromise (Annexure P2) also reveals that the Crl.Misc. No. M-23042 of 2008 -2- matter was resolved with the help of village Panchayat and respectables and the parties had stated that they had no grievance against each other. Since the parties have arrived at a compromise, no useful purpose would be served by proceeding further with the FIR in question. Accordingly, this petition is allowed. FIR No.14 dated 26.2.2007 under Sections 323, 325, 34 IPC registered at Police Station Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar and further proceedings in pursuant thereto, are quashed. ( Sabina ) Judge January 19, 2009 arya