IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-33583 of 2008 Date of decision : 17.02.2009 Parvinder Singh and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Haryana and another ....Respondents. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. K.C. Gupta, AAG Haryana for respondent No. 1-State. Mr. Jarnail Singh Saneta, Advocate for the respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 415 dated 29.08.2002 registered under sections 498- A/406/323/504/506/34 IPC at police station Sector - 5, Panchkula (Haryana) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise. Counsel for the petitioners as well as respondent No. 2 have pointed out that both the parties are present in Court today. They have been duly identified by their respective counsel. Learned counsel for the respondent No. 2 has stated that an affidavit has been filed on behalf of the complainant/respondent No. 2 in which it has been stated that petitioners and respondent No. 2 have compromised the matter. The complainant/respondent No. 2 has further stated that she has no interest in pursuing the FIR in question and thus the same be quashed on the basis of Crl. Misc No. M-33583 of 2008 -2- compromise. The affidavit is taken on record as mark 'A'. Learned State counsel has pointed out that statement of respondent No. 2 was recorded, wherein, she has stated that a compromise had been arrived at between the parties. The said compromise is annexed as Annexure R-1 to the reply filed by the State. 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. 17.02.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE