Criminal Misc. No. M-25981 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-25981 of 2009 Date of decision: October 12, 2009 Jatinder Kumar -Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others -Respondents Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. NK Nagar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Madan Lal, Advocate, for respondent No.2. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) The petitioner have filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 71 dated 7-7-2009 under Section 498-A IPC, registered at police station Sadar Nawanshahr, SBS Nagar (Annexure P-1) and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. Paramjit Kaur, Complainant/respondent No.2 is present in Court. She is duly identified by her counsel. She has filed an affidavit in Court today ( taken on record as Mark 'A') admitting therein the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. A draft No. 528251 dated 17-8-2009, (copy of which is is already on record as Annexure P-3) for Rs. three lacs has been handed over to the complainant in Court today. She states that she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. Learned State counsel submits that since the parties have Criminal Misc. No. M-25981 of 2009 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, which would be a futile exercise. 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 October 12, 2009. 'ask'