In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-22287 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:4.8.2010 Des Raj .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. T.P.S. Bhatti, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... S.S. Saron, J. This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (`Cr.P.C.' - for short) seeking quashing of FIR No.8 dated 14.1.2009 (Annexure-P.1) registered at Police Station A-Division, Amritsar City for the offence under Section 384 Indian Penal Code. The FIR (Annexure-P.1) has been lodged on the complaint of Sarwan Kumar alias Kala (respondent No.2) against Des Raj son of Mulakh Raj. It is alleged by the complainant that he has a shop of readymade garments at Rani Bazar, Amritsar. On 14.1.2009 at 8.00 p.m., the complainant was present at his shop that Des Raj accused came to him and demanded Rs.100/- as he has to consume smack. On refusal of the complainant, he put his hand in the cash box and took away about Rs.3,000/- earned by him in the whole day and he also forcibly took Rs.100/- from the owner of Sahni Medical Store. While leaving he also threatened that if the money was demanded back he would burn the shops in Cr. Misc. No.M-22287 of 2010 [2] the bazar. The shopkeepers had encircled him. The matter is stated to have been compromised, however, the compromises (Annexure-P.2) which has been placed on record is not signed by the accused Des Raj but is signed by his mother Kulwant Rani. Besides, it is signed by Sarwan Kumar and it is not shown whether the compromise has been entered with the owner of Sahni Medical Store. In the circumstances, no ground for quashing the FIR is made out and the criminal miscellaneous petition is dismissed. August 4, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*