CRM No.M-9711 of 2011 (O & M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ***** CRM No.M-9711 of 2011 (O & M) Date of decision : 29.9.2011 Balwinder Kaur alias Sonia and another ........Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another ......Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present:- Mr. D.S.Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioners Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Addl.AG, Punjab Mr. Ram Bilas Gupta, Advocate, for respondent No.2 --- AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) : This petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, prays for quashing of FIR No.3 dated 11.1.2008 under Sections 420 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 24 of Emigration Act, registered at Police Station Kotwali, District Kapurthala, alongwith subsequent proceedings, on the basis of compromise. It has been pleaded that there was a money dispute between the petitioners and respondent No.2. On the intervention of respectables, a compromise has been effected. The money due towards respondent No.2- complainant has been paid and therefore, let this petition be allowed. Respondent No.2-Sohan Singh has filed an affidavit, sworn on 7.7.2011. According to the contents of the affidavit, all the disputes have been settled by way of compromise and the complainant now has no grievance against the petitioners. I have considered the issue. As per the stand of the investigating CRM No.M-9711 of 2011 (O & M) -2- agency, the petitioners are not involved in any other case of the nature. The present case is an isolated case. The petitioners are not running any agency for sending people abroad. Considering the stand of the official respondents, it appears that the petitioners have not been indulging in such activities on regular basis. It appears to be a solitary case which has been settled by way of compromise by way of return of money to Sohan Singh, the complainant. The petitioners and respondent No.2 now want to live in peace and harmony. Learned State counsel states that because the parties have entered into a compromise, the petition for quashing of FIR is not opposed. Considering the totality of the facts and circumstances, noted above, this petition is allowed. FIR No.3 dated 11.1.2008 under Sections 420 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 24 of Emigration Act, registered at Police Station Kotwali, District Kapurthala, and subsequent proceedings are hereby quashed. (AJAI LAMBA) JUDGE 29.9.2011 akm