IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-21041 of 2008 Date of decision : 16.03.2009 Pritam Singh and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Gurinder Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. Mr. K.S. Chaudhary, 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. 240 dated 24.09.2007, under Sections 498- A, 406 IPC registered at police station Tanda, District Hoshiarpur and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. Complainant/respondent No. 2 is present in Court. She is duly identified by his counsel. She has filed an affidavit, admitting therein the factum of compromise (Mark 'A') arrived at between the parties. She states that she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 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, which would be futile exercise. Crl. Misc No. M-21041 of 2008 -2- In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State o Punjab, 2007(3) RCR(Crl.) 1052. Resultantly, the present petition is allowed, the FIR and the subsequent proceedings arising thereof are quashed. 16.03.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE