Criminal Misc. No.47937-M of 2007 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No.47937-M of 2007 (O&M) Date of Decision:19.03.2008 Harpal Singh and another .....Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. S.S.Randhawa, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG, Punjab for respondent No.1. Mr. Vinod Arya, Advocate for the complainant. **** RAJESH BINDAL, J. Criminal Misc. No.9707 of 2007 Criminal Misc. Application is allowed. Reply is taken on record. Criminal Misc. No.47937-M of 2007 The prayer made in this present petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short `the Code') is for quashing of FIR No.137 dated 24.10.2006 registered under Section 420 IPC at Police Station, Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur. In the present case, respondent No.2- complainant through his power of attornies, namely, Sukhbir Kaur, who is sister of both petitioner No.1 as well as complainant and Satpal Banga, who is husband of another sister has given them all rights for compromise and compound any claim or demand. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably. Respondent No.2- complainant through his attornies entered into compromise with the petitioners, which is Annexure P.5. As per compromise, a sum of Rs.28 lacs has been paid to the complainant by the petitioners and all civil litigation has been withdrawn. The affidavits of the attornies of the complainant have also been placed on record as Annexures R-2/1 and R-2/2 in which the Criminal Misc. No.47937-M of 2007 (O&M) -2- complainant has stated that he has no objection in case the FIR in question is quashed. Once that is so the FIR in question registered against the petitioner be quashed. Reliance has been placed upon a five Judge Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab, 2007(3) Law Herald (P&H) 2225. The facts stated by the petitioners are not disputed by counsel for the respondents. Reply on behalf of respondent No.2 - complainant, has been filed in which he admitted the contents of the petition filed by the petitioners and stated that petition may be allowed in view of the compromise. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No.137 dated 24.10.2006 registered under Section 420 IPC at Police Station, Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. March 19, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE