IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATUREE AT PATNA CR. MISC. NO. 23912 OF 2008 SUBHASH GAHLOT VERSUS THE STATE OF BIHAR & ANOTHER ------------ 2 9.7.2008 In this application, the petitioner has sought modification of the order dated 30.1.2008 whereby and whereunder the prayer for quashing of complaint case no. 145(C) of 2001 / Trial No. 1871 of 2005 was dismissed on merits. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the parties have now resolved their differences and that they intend to compound the offence by making payment of an amount involved in the complaint case. The Counsel for the petitioner in support of his such plea has produced the amount of Rs. 4,42,617/- vide cheque no. 197279 dated 7.7.2008 in the name of the opposite party no.2 and the same has been also handed over to the opposite party no.2. Counsel for the opposite party no.2 having accepted the amount through the aforementioned draft, submits that he has no longer any grievance against the petitioner and would therefore like to compound the offence if such a permission is granted by this Court. Having perused the earlier order dated 30.1.2008, this Court finds that prior to the disposal of criminal misc. no. 50000/2006, a similar offer was made for making payment of the amount but later on the same was not acted upon and consequently this Court considering the merit of the case had dismissed the application. Now when the parties have resolved their differences and the amount involved in the complaint case has been also paid by the petitioner and the same has been accepted by the opposite 2 party no.2, this Court taking into consideration the ends of justice in exercise of its inherent power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, would hold that continuation of the criminal prosecution against the petitioner would be an abuse of the process of the Court. Consequently, on account of the subsequent events as noted above and specially the fact that the opposite party no.2, the complainant, has now no grievance against the petitioner and that he would like to withdraw the complaint case itself as against the petitioner, would allow this modification application by passing an order for quashing of the entire criminal proceedings including the order dated 14.2.2001 passed in Complaint Case No. 145(C)/2001, Trial No. 1871/2005 so far it relates to the petitioner. Accordingly, this modification application is allowed and the criminal prosecution against the petitioner Subhash Gahlot in Complaint Case No. 145(C)/2001, Trial No. 1871/2005 would stand quashed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)