IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M- 17035 of 2011 Date of decision : 08.12.2011 Hanish Uppal and others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. N.P. Jetley, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. K.S. Pannu, DAG, Punjab for the State. Mr. Rajiv Sidhu, Advocate for Mr. N.S. Shekhawat, Advocate for the complainant. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. This order will dispose of four Criminal Misc. Nos. -M 37614 of 2010 and 17035, 17175, 603 of 2011. The petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 462 dated 11.11.2010 registered against them under Sections 408, 420 & 120- B IPC at Police Station Division No. 5, Ludhiana. In this FIR, which was lodged on the basis of application filed by Parmod Joshi, who alleged that the petitioners had committed offence of criminal breach of trust, forgery of valuable documents, fabrication of official records using false documents as genuine besides claiming to have bribed Government/Police officials. The petitioners in short are accused to have misuse the traveller cheque while working in the company known as M/s VKC Credit and Forex Services Pvt. Ltd. For this, FIR was registered against the petitioners. Criminal Misc. No. M- 17035 of 2011 -2- The petitioners had approached this Court for grant of anticipatory bail through Crl. Misc. Nos. M- 37614 of 2010 and 603 of 2011. While these petitions were pending, the parties are reached a compromise and, accordingly, remaining petitions have been filed for quashing the FIR and so also subsequent proceedings arisen therefrom. As per the deed of settlement dated 21.04.2011, the petitioners have made payment of entire disputed amount to respondent No. 6 through bank drafts regarding which respondent No. 7 representing respondent No. 6 has furnished duly sworn affidavit. He has also undertaken to withdraw the prosecution against the petitioners. When the case came up for hearing before this Court, directions were issued to the parties to appear before Illaqa Magistrate on 29.11.2011 and record their respect statements in regard to compromise. The parties have appeared before Illaqa Magistrate and have recorded their statements in regard to this compromise. As per the directions, the Illaqa Magistrate has sent the report to the effect that this compromise has been voluntarily and validly entered into between the parties. Copy of the statements made by the respective parties have also been annexed with this report. In view of this, it is clear that the parties have genuinely arrived at compromise and this is without any pressure or coercion. It was a case of dispute, which has been amicably settled. The complainant has felt satisfied and does not wish to further continue with the present prosecution. Since the complainant Criminal Misc. No. M- 17035 of 2011 -3- is not likely to support the case of prosecution, the end result is quite clear. The trial, if allowed to continue, would be a futility. No useful purpose would be served in allowing this prosecution to continue. The proceedings in such like cases can always be quashed in view of ratio of law laid down in Kulwinder Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others 2007(3) RCR (Cri.) 1052. The petitions i.e. Criminal Misc. Nos. -M 17035, 17175 of 2011 are, accordingly, allowed. FIR No. 462 dated 11.11.2010 registered under Sections 408, 420 & 120-B IPC at Police Station Division No. 5, Ludhiana. and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. The petitions for grant of anticipatory bail obviously are rendered infructuous. Criminal Misc. Nos. M- 37614 of 2010 and 603 of 2011 are, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous. December 08, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE