C-482 No. 394 of 2011 With Stay App. No. 456 / 11 Hon. Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Tumul K. Nailwal, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Mr. Ghanshyam Joshi, Advocate, present for the respondent. Parties are present in person also. They are identified by their counsel. Heard. By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioners have sought quashing of the proceedings of Criminal Complaint Case No. 1086 of 2011, Babu Lal Yadav Vs. Anish Kumar and others, relating to offence punishable under Section 420 of I.P.C., pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Khatima. The parties to the criminal complaint case have filed a compounding application supported by joint affidavit of the parties. They verified that the parties have entered into compromise, and the complainant does not want to prosecute the petitioners. In view of principle of law laid down in Nikhil Merchant Vs. C.B.I. and another, (2008) 9 Supreme Court Cases 677, and considering the fact that the parties have entered into compromise and the amount has been received by the complainant, the impugned proceedings of the Criminal Complaint Case No. 1086 of 2011, Babu Lal Yadav Vs. Anish Kumar and others, relating to offence punishable under Section 420 of I.P.C., pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Khatima, are hereby quashed. The petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. stands disposed of. (Stay Application No. 456 of 2011 also stands of). disposed (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 11.05.2011 HN