Cr.R. No.119/2001. 18.08.2008 Present: Mr. G.D.Verma, Sr. Advocate with Mr. B.C. Verma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Guleria, Law Officer, for the respondent. Cr.M.P. No. /2008 Be registered. The matter was finally heard. An application under Section 320(2) Cr.P.C. has been moved by the prosecutrix Punma Devi, which is also signed by the convict/ petitioner seeking to compound the offence. It has been contended in the application that the compromise inter-se the parties has been effected and the prosecutrix wants to end the dispute in order to have cordial relations. The application is duly supported by an affidavit of the prosecutrix as well as the petitioner. To this effect, the statement of the prosecutrix Punma Devi has been recorded separately. According to her there is no undue influence or pressure to compromise the matter. Therefore, permission to compound the matter is granted and the application is allowed. Cr.R. No.119 of 2001. Since the parties have compounded the matter with the permission of this court, therefore, the judgment of conviction and sentence passed under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, by the learned trial court in Criminal Case No.56-2 of 2000 on 30.4.2001 and affirmed by the learned Sessions Judge in Criminal Appeal No.2 of 2001 dated 18.7.2001 is hereby set-aside. Consequently, the petitioner is acquitted and discharged of his bail bonds entered upon by him at the stage of proceedings of this case. The petition is accordingly disposed of. August 18, 2008. (Surinder Singh),J. (Pds)