IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MMO. No. 174 of 2010. Date of Decision: 13.9.2010. _______________________________________________ Devinder Kumar. ….Petitioner. Versus. State of H.P. and another. ….Respondents. Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dev Darshan Sud, Judge. Whether approved for reporting1?No. For the petitioner :Mr.N.K.Thakur, Advocate. For Respondent-1. :Mr.Ankush Dass Sood, Addl. Advocate General with Ms.Shubh Mahajan, Dy. Advocate General. Respondent -2. Sh. Hemant Malhotra, in person. Dev Darshan Sud, J.(Oral). The petitioner has filed this petition for quashing of F.I.R. No. 148 of 2007 consequent to which case No. 156/2 of 2009 titled State of H.P. Vs. Devinder Kumar was filed before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Court No.2, Nalagarh. 2. It is undisputed before me that the entire disputes between the parties have been settled and this fact was, in fact, so recorded by this Court by its judgment dated 9.1.2009 in Cr.MMO. No. 2 of 2009. When that petition was taken up for consideration, statement of the complainant Sh. Hemant Malhotra was recorded in which he had stated that he had already received a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- and a pay order for Rs.4,50,000/- drawn on The Punjab Whether reporters of the Local papers are allowed to see the judgment?yes . State Cooperative Bank, Sector 10, Chandigarh was handed over in Court. Sh. Hemant Malhotra is present in court today pursuant to notice having been issued to him. 3. The case pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Nalagarh arises out of the F.I.R. No. 148 of 2007. It is undisputed before me that respondent Sh. Hemant Malhotra had lodged F.I.R. No. 148 of 2007 with the police and not F.I.R. No. 146 of 2007 as wrongly recorded in the order of this Court dated 9.1.2009. 4. In these circumstances, F.I.R. No. 148 of 2007 dated 13.9.2007 is quashed. As a consequence, proceedings in case No. 156/2 of 2009 are also quashed. This petition is allowed. (Dev Darshan Sud), Judge. September 13, 2010(R)