Crl. Misc. No. M-16956 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-16956 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 3.8.2010 Sikander Singh & others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. N.K. Manchanda, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Rahul Chhatwal, 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.56 dated 29th May, 2010 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 420, 498-A and 406 IPC, registered at police station Sudhar, District Ludhiana, and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. Complainant/respondent No.2 and his Prabjot Kaur are present in Court. They are duly identified by their counsel. They have filed their affidavits in court today, which are taken on record as Mark 'A' and Mark 'B', wherein the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties has been admitted. They state that they have no objection if the present FIR is quashed. Learned State counsel submits that since the parties have Crl. Misc. No. M-16956 of 2010 2 arrived at an amicable settlement, the State would not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR on the basis of compromise. 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 with continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of a Full Bench 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 and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 3.8.2010 'rajpal'