Crl. Misc. No.M-1756 of 2008 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-1756 of 2008 Date of Decision: September 28, 2010 Amarjit Singh …..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.Vipin Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Abhishekh Chautala, AAG, Punjab. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner seeks the quashing of FIR No. 161 dated August 9, 2007 under Sections 431, 432, 379, 427, 34 IPC Police Station Dhariwal, District Gurdaspur, registered at the instance of Sawinder Singh, Sub Divisional Engineer, Provincial Sub Division No.II, Gurdaspur, alleging that the petitioner has laid sewerage by making a road cut without informing Crl. Misc. No.M-1756 of 2008 [2] the Department and without making permission in accordance with the regulation. The reply filed by Sub Divisional Engineer, Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Sub Divisional, to the effect that the petitioner has paid a sum of Rs.2.26 lacs by way of cheque dated November 20, 2007 which has been duly encashed by the Department and the complainant has got no objection in case the FIR is quashed. I have taken into consideration the circumstances and it appears that the matter has been amicably settled by making good the loss suffered by the State agency. Following the Full Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab and others, 2007 (3) RCR (Crl.) 1052, the FIR can be quashed as the dispute has amicably been settled. The grievance of the complainant Department having been amicably settled, the continuation of proceedings will be an abuse of the process of the Court. The FIR can be quashed subject to petitioner depositing a sum of Rs.10000/- with the Punjab State Legal Services Authority, Sector 22, Chandigarh; another sum of Rs.10000/- with the Punjab Police Welfare Fund, Sector 9, Chandigarh, for unnecessarily wasting the time of the police and the Court and another sum of Rs.10000/- will be deposited with the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Division, Gurdaspur. In this way on deposit of Rs.30000/- as mentioned herein above, the FIR 161 dated August 9, 2007 under Sections 431, 432, 379, 427, 34 IPC Police Station Dhariwal, District Gurdaspur and all the criminal proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. Crl. Misc. No.M-1756 of 2008 [3] Allowed in the aforesaid terms. September 28, 2010 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE