Criminal Misc. No. 2240-M of 2008 (O&M) -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 2240-M of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : March 05, 2008 Devinder Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. H.S. Rakhra, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent No. 1 Ms. Wishavjit Kaur, Advocate for respondent No. 2 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. 14 dated January 20, 2003 registered under Sections 420 and 506 IPC at Police Station, Kharar, District Roop Nagar and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise having been effected between the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted 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-2. Once that is so the FIR in question registered against the petitioner be quashed. 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. Respondent no. 2/complainant, who was present in Court in person filed reply in Court today in which he admitted the contents of the petition filed by the petitioner and stated that he does not wish to pursue the matter. Criminal Misc. No. 2240-M of 2008 (O&M) -2- **** 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. 14 dated January 20, 2003 registered under Sections 420 and 506 IPC at Police Station, Kharar, District Roop Nagar and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. March 05, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge