Crl. Misc. No. M-19471 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-19471 of 2010 Date of Decision: July 28, 2010 Ashok Kumar …..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.Vipul Dharmani, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.P.S. Bajwa, DAG, Punjab. Mr.Naveen Batra, Advocate for complainant- respondent No.2. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner seeks the quashing of FIR on the basis of compromise. The FIR was registered against the petitioner at the instance of complainant Balbir Chand- respondent No.2 alleging that the petitioner had received money to arrange Visa. Crl. Misc. No. M-19471 of 2010 [2] Money received by the petitioner seems to have been returned to complainant- Balbir Chand. Balbir Chand is present in the Court to state that he has received the money and he does not want to pursue his remedy against the petitioner and that he has got no objection in case the FIR is quashed on the basis of compromise. His affidavit has been placed on record to that effect. Following the judgment of Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR (Crl.) 1052, there is no reason for not permitting the parties to compound the offence. Petition is allowed. FIR No. 120 dated September 25, 2009 under Section 420 IPC registered at Police Station City Hoshiarpur and all the criminal proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. July 28, 2010 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE