IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.16965 of 2009 ABDULLAH FAZAL BHOY S/O Y. FAZAL BHOY, CHAIRMAN, PHIL CORPORATION LTD., NVI HOUSE, TIVIM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MAPUSA, GOPA. --PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. SOUMITRA KUMAR GHOSH S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER C/O M/S PHOTO POINT HOTEL AVANTI BASEMENT, DAK BUNGLOW CHOWK, FRASER ROAD, PATNA. --OPP.PARTY For the Petitioner : M/s Subodh Kr. Jha & Pranav Kumar Jha For the State : Mr. R.C. Singh, APP For Opp.Party no.2 : Mr. Sarweshwar Tiwary 3 19.11.2010 Supplementary affidavit has been filed. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State and Sri Sarweshwar Tiwary, learned counsel for opposite party no.2. This is an application seeking quashing of entire criminal proceeding including the order taking cognizance dated 21.11.1997 / 20.12.1997 in Complaint Case no. 926 C of 1996 by Judicial Magistrate, first class, Patna taking cognizance under Sections 406 and 420of the Indian Penal Code. Admittedly, there was some business transaction 2 between the parties with respect to which one Special Civil Suit no. 34 of 1993A was filed in the Court of Civil Judge, Senior Division, Mapusa, Goa wherein the parties settled their dispute and filed petition for compromise. The parties, on the basis of the resolutions on itself, have also filed an application before this court by filing fresh supplementary affidavit praying therein to drop the case. Since there is no dispute between the parties now, further proceedings of the court below shall be nothing but sheer wastage of judicial time. Considering all such aspects, specially the settlement of dispute, this application stands allowed and the impugned order as well as further proceedings in the court below is hereby quashed. (Akhilesh Chandra, J.) AAhmad