IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No.M-2870 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision 25.02.2009 Darshan Singh and another ......Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and another ......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRITAM PAL Present: Mr.Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocte, for the petitioners. Mr.Vishal Munjal, D.A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1-State. Ms.Shumaila P.Khan, Advocate, for respondent No.2. ***** PRITAM PAL, J(ORAL): Petitioners have brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of F.I.R.No.56 dated 26.02.2002 under Sections 420, 494, 498-A, 406, 384, 120-B, 506 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Kotwali, Patiala, and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Without going into any further details, suffice it to say that the aforesaid case was registered at the instance of Gurdip Kaur respondent No.2-complainant, who is present in the Court today and identified by her counsel Ms.Shumaila P.Khan, Advocate. On the query put to her, she states that with the intervention of the respectable and common relations, they have arrived at compromise. In this regard,compromise deed (Annexure P2) dated 17.01.2009 is also placed on the file. She further submits that petitioner No.1 Darshan Singh, who is her husband, has started keeping her Criminal Misc.No.2870 of 2009 (O&M) -2- happily. In this case, challan has already been presented in the Court., however, charge is yet to be framed. The matter has arisen out of the matrimonial dispute which has now been settled amicably between the parties. In the given facts and circumstances, this Court feels that no useful purpose would be served if the proceedings in the case in hand are allowed to continue. Moreover, it would also be in the interest of peace and harmony between the parties to close the chapter of this case. In the result, this petition succeeds and consequently F.I.R.No.56 dated 26.02.2002 under Sections 420, 494, 498-A, 406, 384, 120-B 506 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Kotwali, Patiala, and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby ordered to be quashed, qua the petitioners. February 25, 2009 (PRITAM PAL) mamta-II JUDGE