IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-30581 of 2008 Date of decision: 8th January, 2009 Dr. Bhupinderjit Singh … Petitioner Versus Ram Dass … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. R.P. Dhir, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Ekta Thakur, Advocate for the respondent. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of complaint (Annexure P-1) dated 22nd March, 2007 and summoning order (Annexure P-2) dated 19th April, 2007. Complaint was instituted by Ram Dass respondent. He is present in Court along with his counsel, Ms. Ekta Thakur. Petitioner is also present in Court along with his counsel, Mr.R.P. Dhir. It has been stated that in the present case, parties have effected a compromise. Copy of the compromise has been attached as Annexure P-3. Ram Dass complainant, who is present in Court, has been identified by his counsel, Ms.Ekta Thakur. He has stated that he no longer wants to pursue the present complaint, as due to intervention of the respectables, a compromise has been arrived at between the parties and Criminal Misc. No. M-30581 of 2008 parties, who belong to the same city, are having amicable and harmonious relationship. Mr. R.P. Dhir has read the compromise (Annexure P-3). It has been held by a Full Bench of this Court in ‘Kulwinder Singh and others v. State of Punjab and another’, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052 that where a compromise has been arrived at between the parties, no useful purpose will be served by pursuing the criminal litigation. Accordingly, taking into consideration the submissions made by counsel for the parties and the ratio of law laid down in Kulwinder Singh’s case (supra), present complaint, along with all subsequent proceedings, is quashed. With these observations, present petition is disposed off. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE January 8, 2009 rps 2