IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-2319 of 2011 Date of Decision: August 30, 2011 Varinder Kumar & another .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. D.S. Sandhu, 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.219 dated 10.12.2008 under Section 420 IPC, Police Station, Civil Lines, Police District Batala, District Gurdaspur, on the basis of compromise. 2. Reply has been filed in Court by way of affidavit of Gurmeet Singh, PPS, Deputy Superintendent of Police, City Sub Crl. Misc. No. M-2319 of 2011 [2] Division, Batala, to the effect that petitioner No.2 is involved in 8 cases of the nature, and therefore, it would not be in public interest to quash the present criminal case on the basis of compromise. 3. I have considered the contentions. 4. On the one hand, learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the account of respondent No.2 has been settled, on the other hand, it has been brought out by learned counsel for the respondent-State that petitioner No.2 has bad antecedents, in so much as, since the year 2003, repeatedly offences have been committed and FIRs have been lodged. 5. Considering the antecedents of petitioner No.2, it would not be in the interest of justice to quash the FIR. The petition is accordingly dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) August 30, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?