Criminal Misc. No.M-7613 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No. M-7613 of 2008 Date of Decision: 08.04.2008 Mohinder Singh .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. P.S.Ghuman, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG, Punjab for respondent No.1. Ms. Savita Bhandari, Advocate for respondent No.2. **** RAJESH BINDAL J. The prayer made in this present petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short `the Code') is for quashing of FIR No.207 dated 31.8.2002 registered under Sections 323/324/326/452/ 148/149 IPC at Police Station, Tanda District Hoshiarpur lodged by respondent No.2 against the petitioner (Annexure P.1) and its cross-version lodged by petitioner against respondent No.2 (Annexure P.2) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the dispute between the parties who are relatives, has been settled amicably and compromise to this effect has also been placed on record as Annexure P.5. 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. The facts stated by the petitioner are not disputed by counsel for respondent No.2. The statements of complainant, Jarnail Singh and injured, Balwinder Singh have been recorded in Court today in which they have stated that they have no objection in case the FIR in question (Annexure P.1) is quashed. Similarly, the statement of petitioner, Mohinder Singh has been recorded in Court in which he has stated that he has no objection in case the cross-version (Annexure P.2) lodged by him against Criminal Misc. No.M-7613 of 2008 -2- Jarnail Singh is quashed. Once that is so the FIR and its cross-version in question be quashed. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served by proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No.207 dated 31.8.2002 registered under Sections 323/324/326/452/ 148/149 IPC at Police Station, Tanda District Hoshiarpur lodged by respondent No.2 (Annexure P.1) and its cross-version lodged by petitioner (Annexure P.2) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. April 08, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE