Criminal Misc. No. 71334-M of 2006 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 71334-M of 2006 Date of decision : February 25, 2008 Daya Nand .....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Amit Jain, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ajay Ghangas, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for respondent Mr. Sunil Panwar, Advocate for the complainant and complainant in person. 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. 862 dated October 10, 2006 registered under Sections 406, 498-A, 506, 34 IPC at Police Station City, Gurgaon and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise having been effected between the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably by way of compromise which has been reduced in writing. Copy thereof is placed on record as Annexure P-3. The affidavit of the complainant has also been placed on record in which complainant while admitting the factum of compromise, stated that she has no objection in case FIR in question is quashed. As per term of the compromise, Rs. 4,50,000/- through banker cheques bearing Nos. 671029 and 671030 dated December 12, 2007 for an amount of Rs. 2,50,000/- and Rs, 2,00,000/- respectively drawn on the State Bank of India, New Colony Branch, Gurgaon have been paid to the complainant in Court today, which was received by her. Reliance has been placed upon a five Judge Bench Criminal Misc. No. 71334-M of 2006 -2- *** judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald (P&H) 2225. The facts stated by the petitioners are not disputed by the learned counsel for the complainant. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 862 dated October 10, 2006 registered under Sections 406, 498-A, 506, 34 IPC at Police Station City, Gurgaon and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. February 25, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge