Crl.Misc.No.M-27842 of 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-27842 of 2009. Date of Order: January 11, 2010. Santokh Singh and others .. Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and another .. Respondents * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI * * * PRESENT Mr.J.S.Virk, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Arshvinder Singh, DAG, Haryana, for the respondent-State. Mr.Deepak Goyal, Advocate, for respondent No.2. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) This is a petition for quashing of FIR No.500 dated 21.12.2001, registered under Sections 406, 420, 506 read with Section 34 IPC, at Police Station, Division No.6, Ludhiana, on the basis of compromise. The said FIR was registered at the instance of respondent No.2 Thakur Singh, alleging that the petitioners had induced the complainant to part with money to send his son to Turkey. . . . 1 Crl.Misc.No.M-27842 of 2009 The complainant who is present in the Court has submitted that he has compromised the matter and received the money back and does not want to pursue the matter. He has also placed on record his affidavit. Since the matter has been compromised and the complainant-respondent No.2, has not yet been examined in the Court, it will be expedient, in the interest of justice, to permit the matter to be compromised and quash the FIR. Taking into consideration the ratio of Kulwinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab, 2007(3), Law Herald (Punjab & Haryana), Page 2225, the petition is allowed. FIR No.500 dated 21.12.2001, registered under Sections 406, 420, 506 read with Section 34 IPC, at Police Station, Division No.6, Ludhiana, is hereby quashed, subject to deposit of a cost of Rs.5,000/- each i.e., total sum of Rs.15,000/- with the Punjab State Legal Services Authority, Chandigarh, within a period of one month from today. In case, the said amount is not deposited, this petition will be deemed to have been dismissed. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE January 11, 2010. rka . . . 2