DHARAMPAL BAJAJ Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioners have knocked the door of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by virtue of which, they have prayed for quashing of FIR No. 140 dated 5.8.2004 under Sections 406/420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station City Kapurthala and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties.

(2.) I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record of the case.

(3.) SINCE the matter has been compromised between the parties amicably; the complainant does not have any claim against the petitioners and he does not wish to pursue his criminal complaint arising out of the FIR against the petitioners, in such circumstances, it would be a futile exercise if the criminal proceedings are allowed to be continued between the parties. Even if the case is tried by a competent Court of law, respondent No. 2 is not likely to support the case of the prosecution.