Alok Ahluwalia & Anr. v. State of Punjab & Anr.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. Deepak Sabharwal, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Vishal Munjal, DAG Punjab Mr. Vikas Singh, Advocate for respondent no. 2 Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioners have brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of F.I.R. No. 201 dated 1.7.2008 registered under Sections 307, 420, 406, 498-A, 506 of the Indian Penal Code read with sections 4,5 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and Section 23 of Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act, 2000 at Police Station City Kapurthala and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Without going into any further details, suffice it to say that the aforesaid case was registered at the instance of respondent no. 2 Harvinder Kaur complainant who is present in the Court and identified by his counsel Sh. Vikas Singh. On the query put to the complainant, she states that the matter has been settled amicably and now she is residing with petitioner no. Criminal Misc. -M No. 30531 of 2008 (O&M) -2- 1 her husband happily. In this regard, compromise deed/affidavit dated

19.11.2008 Annexure P/2 is also placed on the file. In the given facts and circumstances, this Court feels that no useful purpose would be served if the proceedings in the case in hand are allowed to continue. Moreover, it would also be in the interest of peace and harmony between the parties to close the chapter of this case. In the result, this petition succeeds and consequently, F.I.R. No. 201 dated 1.7.2008 registered under Sections 307, 420, 406, 498-A, 506 of the Indian Penal Code read with sections 4,5 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and Section 23 of Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act, 2000 at Police Station City Kapurthala and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby ordered to be quashed, qua the petitioners. January 15, 2009 'dalbir' ( Pritam Pal ) Judge