Criminal Misc. No. M-10038 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-10038 of 2011 Date of decision : 30.08.2011 Satnam Singh and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.S. Modi, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. R.S. Rawat, AAG, Punjab. Mr. P.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioners have filed this petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No. 162 dated 01.09.2007 registered under sections 323, 498-A, 147 & 406 IPC at police station Dirba, District Sangrur (Annexure P-1) 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 was effected between the petitioners and respondent No. 2-complainant. They submit that respondent No. 2 is present in court today and has been duly identified by Mr. P.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for respondent No. 2. They have produced affidavit of Sukhpal Kaur (respondent no. 2) which is taken on record as Mark ‘A’ admitting therein the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. It has Criminal Misc. No. M-10038 of 2011 2 further been stated in the affidavit that respondent No. 2 has no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Replying upon the judgment reported as Kulwinder Singh and others vs. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR (Crl.) 1052, learned counsel submit that in view of compromise, the FIR in question deserves to be quashed. Learned counsel for the State does not dispute the ratio of judgment in Kulwinder Singh’s case (supra) and submits that in view of compromise the State will not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR in question. Heard. It appears that while issuing notice of motion a direction was issued by this court to record the statement of the parties with regard to validity or otherwise of the compromise. A report has been received from the court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Sunam. Operative part thereof reads thus:- “In pursuant to the said order, the statement of the parties have been recorded, wherein they have stated that they have compromised the matter and complainant Sukhpal Kaur has also given the statement that she has compromised with the accused out of her free will and without any coercion and she does not want to proceed with the case. From their statements, the undersigned is satisfied and the compromise between the parties is voluntarily and genuine and no other case is pending between the parties. Hence, the report is submitted accordingly. ” 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 by continuance of the criminal proceedings. Criminal Misc. No. M-10038 of 2011 3 Resultantly, the present petition is allowed. The FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. August 30, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE