Crl. Misc. No. M-9019 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-9019 of 2011 (O&M) Decided on : 08-08-2011 Ashok Kumar ....Petitioner VERSUS U.T., Chandigarh and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER Present:- Mr. Ashok Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. D.D.Sharma, Advocate for UT MAHESH GROVER, J This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure praying for quashing of FIR no. 136 dated 2.6.2005 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468 IPC at Police Station Sector 31, Chandigarh and all consequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise. It is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during the pendency of the proceedings pursuant to the FIR, the parties have resolved their differences amicably and in view of this, they do not wish to pursue with the litigation any further. On 30.3.2011, this Court directed the parties to appear before the Trial Court and get their statements recorded in support of their claim that the matter has been compromised. Trial Court was also directed to send the report about the factum of compromise and also the fact that such statements were not result of any undue pressure or coercion. Crl. Misc. No. M-9019 of 2011 (O&M) 2 Report has since been received from the concerned Court and according to it, petitioner and respondent no.2 have appeared and got recorded their statements on their own free will in support of their compromise. In view of the above facts and also keeping in view the observations of Full Bench in Kulwinder Singh versus State of Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald 2225, the instant petition is allowed. Consequently, FIR no. 136 dated 2.6.2005 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468 IPC at Police Station Sector 31, Chandigarh and all consequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed qua the petitioner. August 8 2011 (Mahesh Grover) rekha Judge