Crl.M. No. M- 33256 of 2008 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M- 33256 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : 15.5.2009. ... Hardev Singh ................ Petitioner vs. State of Punjab and another .................Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh. Vivek Rattan, Advocate for the petitioner. Sh. A.P.S. Mann, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab Sh. Ravi Kamal Gupta, Advocate for respondent No.2. ... K.C. Puri, J. (Oral) This is a petition for quashing of FIR on the basis of compromise. Report of the Additional Sessions Judge, Sangrur, has been received, in which it is mentioned that parties have arrived at a compromise. In the authority reported as Arvind Barsaul vs. State of Madhya Pradesh 2008 (4) Law Herald (SC) 2562, the Hon'ble Apex Court allowed the quashing of criminal proceedings in the appeal. Again in the authority reported as Jagdish Chanana and Crl.M. No. M- 33256 of 2008 (O&M) -2- others vs. State of Haryana and another 2008 (2) Criminal Court Cases 372 (S.C.), the Hon'ble Apex Court allowed the compromise under Sections 419, 420, 465, 468, 469, 471, 472, 474 read with Section 34 IPC, as the matter involved was personal in nature. So, in these circumstances, FIR No. 354 dated 20.10.2001, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Dhuri, District Sangrur, stands quashed. Further proceedings in pursuant to that FIR also stand quashed. Counsel for the petitioner has undertaken to deposit an amount of Rs.10,000/- before the District Legal Services Authority, Sangrur. That amount be deposited within 15 days from today. ( K.C. Puri ) 15.5.2009. Judge chugh