IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.72957-M of 2006 DATE OF DECISION:22.02.2007 Manmohan Aggarwal & Ors. ..........Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ..........Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present:- Shri Mansur Ali, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri N.S. Gill, AAG, Punjab. Shri Kewal Singh, Advocate for the complainant. **** The Petitioners apprehending their arrest in a non-bailable offence in case FIR No. 248 dated 6.9.2006 under Sections 406/498-A and 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Division No.5, Ludhiana have filed this petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for anticipatory bail. I have heard counsel for the parties and gone through the contents of the FIR. The affidavits of petitioner No.3-Rahul Aggarwal and Manisha Gupta-complainant have been filed in Court today and the same are taken on record. In the affidavits, it has been stated that the parties have amicably settled their dispute and will proceed according to the said agreement. In pursuance to the said agreement, a draft of Rs. 5 lac and another cheque of Rs.3000/- has been handed over by counsel for the petitioner to counsel for the respondent, who in turn handed over the same to the complainant, who is present in Court today. In view of the amicable settlement between the parties and the Crl. Misc. No.72957-M of 2006 -2- fact that the petitioners, who are father-in-law, mother-in-law and husband of the complainant, in terms of the interim order dated 27.11.2006 have joined the investigation, the same is hereby made absolute. Disposed of accordingly. February 22, 2007 (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) pooja JUDGE