IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No.3793 -M of 2010 DATE OF DECISION : FEBRUARY 25, 2010 SUKHWINDER SINGH @ KAKA ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Sanjeev Pandit, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Addl.AG, Punjab. Mr. Joginder Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.4. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure, has been filed for quashing of case FIR No.61 dated 12.3.2002 under Sections 406/420, Indian Penal Code, Police Station, Sadar, Hoshiarpur, District Hoshiarpur (Annexure P-1). Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that on account of a civil dispute, the FIR came to be lodged. The parties have, now, settled their dispute by way of amicable settlement. Learned counsel for respondent No.4/complainant states that with the intervention of respectables of the area, the issues have been settled by way of compromise on 2.2.2010. Respondent No.4 has, now, no Criminal Misc. No.3793 -M of 2010 2 grudge against the petitioner and would not like to prosecute him. Since the victim/complainant himself has given a statement to the effect that he does not want to prosecute the petitioner in consequence of lodging of the FIR, it would be an exercise in futility to continue the proceedings. Rather, it shall not be in the interest of justice to allow the proceedings to continue. I have also considered the fact that it is a matter of civil dispute and the rights of the parties have been settled. In view of the above, the petition is allowed. FIR No.61 dated 12.3.2002 under Sections 406/420, Indian Penal Code, Police Station, Sadar, Hoshiarpur, District Hoshiarpur (Annexure P-1) is hereby quashed. February 25, 2010 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?