IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No.M-4785 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision 15.04.2009 Sunil Arora and others ......Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and another ......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRITAM PAL Present: Mr.Veneet Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Vishal Munjal, D.A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1-State. Mr.Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate, for respondent No.2-complainant. ***** 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.149 dated 02.05.2001 under Sections 406, 498-A, 420, 506 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Amritsar, 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 Dolly Bindra-respondent No.2/complainant, who is present in the Court today and identified by her counsel Sh.Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate. On the asking of the Court, respondent No.2-complainant states that she has already arrived at compromise with the petitioners amicably with the intervention of the respectable and common relations. In this regard, compromise deed dated 17.12.2007 and reply by way of affidavit dated 15.04.2009 have also been placed on the file. In the given facts and circumstances of the case, this Court Criminal Misc.No.M-4785 of 2009 (O&M) -2- 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.149 dated 02.05.2001 under Sections 406, 498-A, 420, 506 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Amritsar, and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom qua the petitioners, are hereby ordered to be quashed. April 15, 2009 (PRITAM PAL) mamta-II JUDGE