This bail/judgment orders the quashing of an FIR involving cheque/cheating offences based on a compromise between parties, noting that the complainant had filed an untraced report and no longer wished to prosecute.
FIR No.72 dated 5.6.2001 under Sections 409, 420, 120-B IPC quashed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH
Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-21989 of 2011 (O & M) Date of Decision: September 19, 2011
Gurbachan Singh & another
.....PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
State of Punjab & another
.....RESPONDENT(S)
. . .
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA
PRESENT: - Mr. Mandeep Singh Sachdev, Advocate, for the petitioners.
Mr. K.D.S. Sidhu, Additional Advocate General, Punjab.
Mr. Rajbir Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.2.
. . .
AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral)
quashing FIR No.72 dated 5.6.2001 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 409, 420, 120-B IPC registered with Police Station, Division No.2, Jalandhar, on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2).
Crl. Misc. No. M-21989 of 2011 [2]
attained finality till date.
(AJAI LAMBA)
September 19, 2011 JUDGE avin
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the FIR under Sections 409, 420, 120-B IPC should be quashed on the ground of compromise.
Whether the untraced report and settled dispute warrant quashing of the criminal proceedings.
4 provisions across 2 enactments
Gurbachan Singh
State of Punjab
AJAI LAMBA
As recorded by the court registry
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