IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-6745 of 2009 Date of decision : 18.04.2009 Kewal Krishan and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. L.M. Gulati, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab for the respondent No. 1-State. Mr. Shekun Kumar, Advocate for respondents No. 2 to 4. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 213 dated 29.05.2004 registered under Sections 452/323/324/34 IPC and 25/27/54/59 Arms Act at police station Sadar Amritsar, District Amritsar (Annexure P-1) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise. Counsel for the petitioners as well as respondents No. 2 to 4 have pointed out that both the parties are present in Court today. They have been duly identified by their respective counsel. An affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondents No. 2 to 4 in which it has been stated that petitioners and respondent No. 2 to 4 have compromised the matter. Respondents No. 2 to 4 have further stated that they have no interest in pursuing the FIR in question and thus the same be quashed on the basis of compromise. The said affidavit is taken on record as mark 'A'. Crl. Misc No. M-6745 of 2009 -2- Learned counsel for the State submits that in case there is compromise arrived at between the parties, the State will not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR in question. 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 with continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR(Crl.), 1052. Resultantly the present petition is allowed, the FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. 18.04.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE