Crl. Misc. No. M-8454 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-8454 of 2011 (O&M) Decided on : 01-09-2011 Shamsher Singh and others ....Petitioners VERSUS Harminder Singh and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER Present:- Mr. P.S.Ahluwalia, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab Mr.M.S.Joshi, Advocate for the complainant. MAHESH GROVER, J It is stated before this Court that the matter inter se between the parties to the present petition has been settled during the subsistence of the complaint preferred by the respondent. The petitioners are summoned to face trial under Sections 323, 342, 506, 467, 468, 420, 452, 382, 120-B and 364 IPC. Harnek Singh, complainant expired during the pendency of the said complaint and the same was thereafter prosecuted by his son Harminder Singh arrayed as respondent no.1 herein. Along side the complaint a civil suit was also filed by the petitioner no.1 namely Shamsher Singh against Harnek Singh for recovery of ` 6,12,500/- on the basis of a pronote which suit was decreed and the version of the complainant was found to be incorrect. At this stage, parties have settled the matter and the amount of Crl. Misc. No. M-8454 of 2011 (O&M) 2 ` 6 lakhs was paid pursuant to the settlement as also by way of settlement of the decree. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent no.1 states that he has no objection if the proceedings qua all the petitioners pursuant to the complaint are quashed in view of the said settlement. The affidavit of the complainant has already been placed on record in which he has verified the assertion of the petitioners regarding the factum of compromise. In view of the aforesaid, I am of the considered opinion that continuation of the proceedings pursuant to the complaint in question would be a sheer futility as it is unlikely to result in a logical conclusion of conviction as prayed for by the complainant. Hence, having regard to the said fact as also the observations of Full Bench in Kulwinder Singh versus State of Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald 2225, complaint no. 101 dated 7.11.2002 titled as 'Harnek Singh Vs. Shamsher Singh & others' filed under Sections 323/342/341/ 506/467/468/471/419/420/457/458/406/382/148/149/120B/364 IPC and all consequent proceedings arising therefrom including summoning order dated 10.7.2003 are hereby quashed qua all the petitioners. Petition stands allowed. September 1, 2011 (Mahesh Grover) rekha Judge