Crl. Misc. No. M-12747 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-12747 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 20.7.2010 Puneet Kamra ...Petitioner Versus State of and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. P.S. Hundal, Advocate, for the complainant. Rajan Gupta, J. (oral) The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.90 dated 19th February, 2009 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 406, 498-A IPC, registered at police station Phase-I (Women Cell), Mohali 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 her counsel. She has filed an affidavit in court today, which is taken on record as Mark 'A', wherein the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties has been admitted. She states that their marriage has already been dissolved by a decree of divorce, passed by learned District Judge, Chandigarh vide order dated 6th April, 2010. She further states that she has no objection if the present FIR is Crl. Misc. No. M-12747 of 2010 quashed. Learned State counsel submits that since the parties have arrived at an amicable settlement, the State would not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR on the basis of compromise. 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 deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of a 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 and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 20.7.2010 'rajpal'