Criminal Misc. No. M-23970 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-23970 of 2008 Date of Decision: 14.10.2010 Kala Nizampuri …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Raghubir Chaudhary, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent No.1. None for respondent No.2. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No. 76 dated 14.3.2008, registered at Police Station Beas, District Amritsar, under Sections 420 and 34 IPC. The quashing was sought on the basis of compromise dated 20.3.2008 (Annexure P2). In the present petition, reliance has been placed upon the judgment rendered by Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007(3) Recent Criminal Reports 1052. Nobody had caused appearance on behalf of the petitioner on 19.12.2008 when the present petition was admitted. A period of about Criminal Misc. No. M-23970 of 2008 2 one year and six months is going to elapse and by now the trial may have been concluded or the accused may have been acquitted. Learned counsel for the petitioner is not present to acquaint this Court regarding the status of the trial. In these circumstances, the present petition is disposed of with the liberty to learned counsel for the petitioner to revive the same in case any grievance subsists. However, considering the fact that the parties have arrived at a compromise, the petitioner is granted exemption from personal appearance before the trial Court subject to filing an undertaking that he shall cause appearance as and when required and the evidence recorded in his absence but in the presence of his counsel shall be binding upon him. Trial Court may also specify any other condition in the undertaking to be furnished by the petitioner. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge October 14, 2010 “DK”