Criminal Misc. No. M-5492 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-5492 of 2008 Date of Decision: 24.4.2009 Mota Singh Deol and Others …Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. K.S. Sidhu, Senior Advocate with Mr. Mandeep Singh Brar, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 3. Mr. R.S. Athwal, Advocate for respondent No.4. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No. 144 dated 17.7.2009 registered at Police Station Garhshankar, under Section 420 IPC. The FIR has been annexed as Annexure P2. In the FIR, Major Singh Mauji has stated that accused named in the FIR are distantly related to him. About 11 years ago, on the representation made by the accused, he paid Rs.7,00,000/- to them for being inducted him as partner. It is stated that amount of Rs.7,00,000/- was paid after pledging the Fixed Deposit Receipt to Punjab National Criminal Misc. No. M-5492 of 2008 2 Bank, Garhshankar. As and when complainant approached the accused and demanded share/profit, he was put off by the accused on one pretext or the other and later they flatly refused to return the amount. Petitioner No.1 Mota Singh Deol and complainant Major Singh Mauji are present in the Court. Mr. K.S. Sidhu, Senior Advocate, on instructions of Mr. Mandeep Singh Brar, Advocate, has stated that during the pendency of petition, parties have arrived at compromise. The compromise/ agreement has been executed. The same has been placed on record. Petitioner No.1 Mota Singh Deol and complainant Major Singh Mauji through their counsel have stated that they shall remain bound by the terms & conditions of the compromise agreement which has been taken on record. Mr. Athwal has stated that this compromise has been arrived only to facilitate quashing of the FIR and it will not prejudice the rights of the complainant to pursue the civil litigation. In the compromise, it has been stated that Rs.6,50,000/- will be paid to the complainant in the manner noticed in the compromise. In the present case, parties have amicably arrived at compromise. No useful purpose will be served by continuing the proceedings. Parties intend to bury their dispute as they are distantly related. Therefore, a prayer that FIR be quashed in terms of compromise is accepted. It has been held by Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007(3) Recent Criminal Reports 1052 that compromise not only promotes peace in the society but also saves Criminal Misc. No. M-5492 of 2008 3 parties from litigation. In view of the law laid down in Kulwinder Singh’s case (supra) and keeping in view the compromise arrived at between the parties, present petition is accepted and impugned FIR along with all consequential proceedings is quashed. However, in case terms & conditions of compromise are not adhered to by either of the parties, they will be at liberty to revive the present petition. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge April 24, 2009 “DK”