Nirmal Yadav, J.

1. Vide this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 34 dated 9.6.2003, under Sections 498, 342, 406, 34 IPC, Police Station Thermal, Bathinda.

2. The facts in brief, are that petitioner No. 1 Kamal Kishore was married to respondent No. 2 Neetu on 13.10.1999 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. One daughter, namely, Channu was born out of the wedlock. Initially, both of them lived happily, but later on due to differences in temperament, their relations became strained. On account of strained relations, respondent No. 2 lodged the present FIR alleging maltreatment at the hands of the petitioners. With the intervention of friends and relatives, the couple decided to sever their relation peacefully by filing a joint petition under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act for grant of divorce by mutual consent. Accordingly, both of them filed a joint petition for dissolution of marriage by mutual consent in the Court of District Judge, Bathinda on 18.8.2003. Their statements were recorded before the District Judge in which both of them admitted that all the claims between them have been settled and pr