Criminal Misc. No. 78444-M of 2006 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 78444-M of 2006 Date of decision : February 19, 2008 Megh Raj and others ....Petitioners Versus The State of Haryana and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. V.K. Jindal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana for respondent no. 1. Mr. Vishnu Dutt Sharma, Advocate for respondent no. 2. 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. 650 dated December 11, 1998 registered under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC at Police Station Sadar Thanesar, District Kurukshetra and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits 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. Even the divorce has been granted in a petition filed under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 vide order dated April 09, 2007 passed by learned Additional District Judge, Kurukshetra. 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 petitioners are not disputed by the learned counsel for respondent no. 2. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Criminal Misc. No. 78444-M of 2006 -2- **** Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 650 dated December 11, 1998 registered under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC at Police Station Sadar Thanesar, District Kurukshetra and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. February 19, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge