IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-30765 of 2010 Date of Decision: August 12, 2011 Shingara Singh & another .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Vikrant Pamboo, Advocate, for Mr. Vikram Preet Arora, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. None for respondent No.2. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. prays for quashing FIR No.100 dated 2.8.2009 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, registered with Police Station, Amloh, District Fatehgarh Sahib, on the basis of compromise dated 9.10.2010. 2. Perusal of the contents of FIR indicates that there Crl. Misc. No. M-30765 of 2009 [2] is an allegation that accused got prepared a forged ration card. 3. Learned counsel for the respondent-State has apprised the Court that passports were prepared on the basis of forged ration cards. Serious offence of forgery of Government documents has been committed, and therefore, it would be against the public interest to quash the FIR. Even charges have been framed. 4. Conviction can be recorded even taking into account the fact that forgery has been committed in case the prosecution is able to prove the facts and circumstances as per the prosecution case. 5. Considering the nature of offence, in which Government document i.e. ration card has been forged, no ground for quashing FIR is made out. 6. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) August 12, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?