IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No.M-45635 of 2007 (O&M) Decided on 26.02.2009. Varinder Singh ......Petitioner VERSUS Harish Chander Pant ......Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRITAM PAL Present: Mr.A.S.Virk, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.J.K.Goel, Advocate, for the respondent ***** PRITAM PAL, J(ORAL): Petitioner Varinder Singh has brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of Criminal Complaint No.40 of 2006 (originally 597 of 2001) titled as Harish Chander Pant versus Varinder Singh Mor and others and summoning order dated 02.12.2006 under Sections 332, 353, 186 read with Section 34 and 506 I.P.C. 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 Harish Chander Pant respondent-complainant, who is present in the Court today and identified by his counsel Mr.J.K.Goel, Advocate. Both the parties are working in one and the same office. At the asking of the Court, respondent-complainant states that with the intervention of the respectable and common relations, they have arrived at compromise. In this regard, compromise deed (Annexure P6) dated 26.02.2009 is also placed on the file. Criminal Misc.No.M-45635 of 2007 (O&M) -2- 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 Criminal Complaint No.40 of 2006 (originally 597 of 2001) titled as Harish Chander Pant versus Varinder Singh Mor and others and summoning order dated 02.12.2006 under Sections 332, 353, 186 read with Section 34 and 506 I.P.C. and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby ordered to be quashed, qua the petitioner. February 26, 2009 (PRITAM PAL) mamta-II JUDGE