IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-24111 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: September 14, 2011 Gurpinder Singh @ Gura ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Ms.Seena Mand, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.J.S.Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for respondent – State. Baljeet Kaur – complainant/ respondent No.4 with her counsel Mr.K.S.Kahlon, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By filing this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioner has sought quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No.109 dated August 05th, 2010 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 323, 328, 342 and 506 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') in Police Station Dehlon, District Ludhiana. Baljeet Kaur – respondent No.2/complainant is wife of the petitioner. She has stated at bar that she has compromised the matter with the petitioner with the intervention of the relatives and friends. Compromise deed (Annexure P2) has been placed on record. She further states that there is no ill-will left. In the circumstances, there cannot be any embargo in allowing the parties to compromise the matter in view of the law laid down by the Five Judge Bench's decision of this Court rendered in Kulwinder Singh & others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. Thus, this Court is also of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioner. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.109 dated August 05th, 2010 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 323, 328, 342 and 506 IPC in Police Station Dehlon, District Ludhiana and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. September 14, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian' JUDGE