IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-7607 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION: August 23, 2011 Amarjit Kaur and others …..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Sanjay Gupta, Advocate for the petitioners Mr.Rajesh Bhardwaj, Additional Advocate General, Punjab Mr.Arun Takhi, 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.0074 dated 10.5.2005 (Annexure P-1) registered under sections 406,498A IPC at police station Hariana, District Hoshiarpur and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2). Learned counsel for the parties submit that during the pendency of this petition a compromise has been arrived at between the parties and dispute has been amicably settled. They submit that respondent No.2 is present in court today and has been duly identified by her counsel Mr.Arun Takhi. They have placed on record affidavit of Mandip Kaur (respondent No.2) which is taken on record as Mark ‘A’ admitting therein the factum of compromise Crl.Misc.No.M-7607 of 2010 - 2 - arrived at between the parties. It has further been stated in the affidavit that respondent No.2 has no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Learned counsel for petitioners and learned counsel for respondent No.2 submit that in view of compromise, the impugned jFIR deserves to be quashed. Learned counsel for the State submits that in view of compromise the State will not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR in question. The compromise is in the interest of parties and after the matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose is likely to be served by continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in light of Full Bench judgment of this court in Kulwinder Singh & others vs. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR (Crl.) 1052. Resultantly, the petition is allowed. The FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. August 23, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2