Crl. Misc. No.M-17967 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-17967 of 2010 Date of Decision: August 17, 2010 Bal Krishan Puri and others …..Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.P.S. Hundal, Sr.Advocate with Mr. Dinesh Trehan, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Abhishekh Chautala, AAG, Punjab. Mr.K.D.S. Sodhi, Advocate for respondent No.2. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 198 dated September 12, 2009 under Sections 406, 498-A, 120-B IPC, Police Station Phagwara City District Kapurthala, on the basis of compromise. FIR was registered at the instance of respondent No.2-Pooja Syal alleging that her husband Ranjan Puri and the petitioners who are family members of Ranjan Puri had maltreated her and misappropriated her dowry articles. Crl. Misc. No.M-17967 of 2010 [2] Respondent No.2- Pooja Syal is present in the Court. She has made a statement that the matter has been amicably settled and that it has been decided that a divorce petition under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act which has been filed and is fixed for February 23, 2011 in the Court of Senior Sub Judge Ist Class, Phagwara, would be finalized as the parties have amicably settled to dissolve the marriage. An undertaking has been given on behalf of Ranjan Puri through his attorney Bal Krishan Puri by appearing in the Court today that the marriage will be dissolved positively and that no objection will be raised by Ranjan Puri at the time of final decision of the application under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act. I am satisfied from the statement of respondent No.2 that the matter has been amicably settled. Following the Full Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab and others, 2007 (3) RCR (Crl.) 1052 and B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another, 2003 (2) RCR (Crl.) 888 I do not find any ground not to quash the FIR on the basis of compromise as the controversy arisen out of the matrimonial dispute. Petition is allowed. FIR No. FIR No. 198 dated September 12, 2009 under Sections 406, 498-A, 120-B IPC, Police Station Phagwara City District Kapurthala and all the criminal proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed August 17, 2010 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE Crl. Misc. No.M-17967 of 2010 [3]