IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-12001 of 2009 Date of decision : July 07, 2009 Taranjit Singh ....Petitioner versus State of U.T Chandigarh and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Rakesh Bhatia, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Arun Singla, Advocate for Mr. GS Chahal, Advocate for UT Chandigarh Ms. Meenu Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No. 2 L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Taranjit Singh has filed this petition under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, Cr.P.C.) for quashing of FIR No. 11 dated 8.1.2009, under section 420 IPC, Police Station Mani Majra, Chandigarh (Annexure P/1) in view of compromise (Annexure P/2) arrived at with respondent No. 2- complainant who has also furnished affidavit (Annexure P/3) regarding the compromise. Learned counsel for complainant-respondent no. 2 states that compromise has been effected between the parties and therefore, respondent No. 2 has no objection to the quashing of the impugned FIR. Short reply on behalf of respondent No. 2 to the same effect has also been filed. In appropriate cases, FIR can be quashed on the basis of compromise by exercising power under section 482 Cr.P.C., even if the offence is not compoundable. It was so held by Full Bench of this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh vs State of Punjab, 2007 (3) Law Herald (Punjab & Haryana) 2225. Criminal Misc. No. M-12001 of 2009 -2- In the instant case, the grievance of the complainant-respondent No. 2 has been satisfied by the petitioner and the amount has been returned to the complainant. It is, therefore, a fit case in which FIR should be quashed. In view of the aforesaid, the instant petition is allowed and the impugned FIR No. 11 dated 8.1.2009, under section 420 IPC, Police Station Mani Majra, Chandigarh (Annexure P/1) is quahsed along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. ( L.N. Mittal ) July 07, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'