IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
Crl. Misc No. M-30014 of 2008
Date of decision : 23.03.2009
Sukhpal Singh and others
....Petitioners
V/s
State of Punjab and another
....Respondents
BEFORE : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA
Present: Mr. Gurvinder Singh Sidhu, Advocate
for the petitioners.
Mr. Jaspreet Singh AAG Punjab.
Mr. Simranjeet Singh, Advocate
for respondent No. 2.
RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL)
This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR
No. 106 dated 20.10.2001 (Annexure P-I) registered under sections
498A/406/109 IPC at police station Nathana, district Bathinda and all
subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise.
Both petitioner No. 1 i.e. husband and respondent No. 2 i.e.
wife are present in Court. Both of them have stated that they are now living
together and have compromised the matter. The complainant/respondent
No. 2 has stated that she has no interest in pursuing the FIR in question and
thus the same be quashed on the basis of compromise. The affidavit is taken
on record as mark ‘A’. 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
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compromised the matter.
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.
23.03.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE