IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.51656 of 2007 1. KAMALA DEVI W/O LATE SUDHU SAH 2. ANJU DEVI W/O ANIL KUMAR& 3. ANIL KUMAR S/O LATE SUDHU SAH, ALL RESIDENT OF MAHADEVA ROAD, ARA TOWN. VERSUS 1. STATE OF BIHAR & 2. DASHRATH RAM S/O SITASRAM, EAST NAWADA, BUS STAND, ARA NAWADA. ----------- 5 12.01.2010. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and opposite party number 2. Petitioners pray for quashing order dated 25.4.2005, passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Bhojpur at Ara in Ara Town Police Station case no. 315 of 2000/Tr.No. 2161 of 2005, whereby he has taken cognizance of offence under sections 420,406,323,504/34 I.P.C. on the allegation that they being associated with a Non-banking Financial Company got deposited money of complainant/ opp.party no.2 to the tune of Rs. 23,300/- which they did not return and later on the Company itself vanished. Petitioner no.1 is mother of petitioner no.3 and mother-in-law of petitioner no.2. As it is not in dispute that the complainant had deposited the aforesaid amount with petitioners’ company, as such, learned counsel representing them has come with a Bank draft dated 12.1.2010 bearing no. 3787 of Rs. 29,000/- issued in favour of opposite party number 2. The bank draft is being given to Sri Anand Kishore Chaudhary, Advocate attached with Sri Ravi Shankar Sahay learned Advocate representing opposite party number 2 for handing it over to opposite party number 2, namely, Dashrath Ram. As the matter now stands compromised between the parties - 2 - and an amicable amount to the satisfaction of opposite party number 2 has been made, no useful purpose would be served in continuing the proceedings any further. As such, the Criminal prosecution including the impugned order dated 25.4.2005, passed by Judicial Magistrate, Ist class, Bhojpur at Ara, in Ara Town Police Station case no. 315 of 2000/Tr No. 2161 of 2005 is quashed. The instant application stands allowed. Shashi. (Samarendra Pratap Singh.)