Criminal Misc. No. 37186-M of 2006 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 37186-M of 2006 Dated of decision : February 05, 2008 Satinder Pal Singh and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Ms. G.K.Mann, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJESH BINDAL, J. The prayer made in this petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ( for short “the Code”) is for quashing FIR No. 312 dated July 15, 2004 registered under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC at Police Station Sadar, Amritsar and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably settled. Even the divorce has been granted in a petition filed under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 vide order dated Deccember 12, 2005 passed by learned Additional District Judge, Amritsar. Copies of statement of petitioner and respondent no.2-complainant made before the learned Addl. District Judge, Amritsar have been placed on record as Annexures P/3 and P/4 respectively. Reliance has been placed upon a five Judge Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald (P&H) 2225. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Criminal Misc. No. 37186-M of 2006 -2- *** Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 312 dated July 15, 2004 registered under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC at Police Station Sadar, Amritsar and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. Feburary 05, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge