IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL CRMA No. 695 of 2011 in Criminal Misc. Application(C482) No. 299 of 2011 1. Shri Rajiv Airon S/o Shri Jitendra Kumar R/o H.No. 403, Tower-II, Parsvanath Prestige-II, Sector 93-A Noida U.P. 2. Shri O.P. Bhartia S/o Late Shri Sitaram Bhartia C/o 1105, New Delhi House 27 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110001 ………..…Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through District Magistrate Dehradun. 2. Station House Officer, P.S. Ranipur District Haridwar 3. Shri Mukul Aggarwal S/o Shri V.K. Aggarwal, Managing Partner of M/s V.K. Aggarwal & Co. at 66, Rajpur Road Opp. Hotel Madhuban, Dehradun 4. Rahul Behal S/o Shri Ashok Behal, Proprietor of M/s Purshottam Shuttering, Opp. Rishi Ashram Rani Gali, Bhoopatwala, Haridwar ....……Opposite Parties Shri Bhupesh Kandpal, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Shri Nandan Arya, A.G.A., present for the State. Shri R.P. Nautiyal, Advocate, present for the respondent no. 4. 2 Shri Lalit Sharma, Advocate, present for the respondent no. 3. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2. By means of this petition moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short Cr.P.C. ) the petitioners have sought quashing of the proceedings of criminal case no. 306 of 2010, State vs. Mukul Aggarwal and others, relating to offences punishable under section 406, 506 IPC, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar. 3. Learned counsel for the parties State that the complainant has entered into compromise with the petitioners, and respondent no. 3. A copy of compromise is annexed as Annex. 12 with other annexures to the affidavit filed with the petition. 4. Today complainant Rahul Behal (respondent no. 4) is present in person identified by his counsel. He verified the compromise, and stated that today he had received a draft no. 203554 dated 26.03.2011, for an amount of ` 13,59,397/-. 3 5. In view of the principle of law laid down in Nikhil Merchant vs. C.B.I. (2008) 9SCC page 677, considering the nature of the offence, in the above circumstances, the petition under section 482 Cr.P.C., is allowed. Accordingly, the proceedings of criminal case no. 306 of 2010, State vs. Mukul Aggarwal and others, relating to offences punishable under section 406, 506 IPC, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar, are hereby quashed. (Stay application no. 695 of 2011, stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Parul 21.07.2011