Crl. Misc. No.M-20693 of 2010 (O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-20693 of 2010 Date of Decision: September 22, 2010 Surjit Singh …..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.Amit Dhawan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.P.S. Bajwa, DAG, Punjab. Mr.Ashok Khichi, Advocate for respondent No.2. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner seeks the quashing of FIR No. 98 dated July 19, 2007 under Sections 405, 420, 506 IPC and Section 12 of the Passport Immigration Act registered at Police Station Mehatpur, Jalandhar, on the basis of compromise. The said FIR was registered at the instance of respondent No.2- Gurdev Singh alleging that a sum of Rs.3 lacs alongwith Crl. Misc. No.M-20693 of 2010 (O&M) [2] passport had been taken by the petitioner on the pretext of sending the complainant abroad. Since the matter has been compromised as is apparent from the copy of the compromise place on the record as annexure P-2 and respondent No.2 by appearing in the Court has made a statement before the Court that he has got no objection in case the FIR is quashed as he has already obtained the money fraudulently obtained from him by the petitioner, the FIR can be quashed in view of the Full bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab and others, 2007 (3) RCR (Crl.) 1052. Since the precious time of the police has been wasted as such in the interest of justice, it is ordered that the petition is allowed. FIR No. 98 dated July 19, 2007 under Sections 405, 420, 506 IPC and Section 12 of the Passport Immigration Act registered at Police Station Mehatpur, Jalandhar and all the criminal proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed subject to petitioner depositing a sum of Rs.10000/- with the Punjab State Legal Services Authority, Sector 22, Chandigarh and another sum of Rs.5000/- with the Punjab Police Welfare Fund, Sector 9,Chandigarh, within a period of one month. September 22, 2010 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE