IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. M. P. No. 2670 of 2023 WITH I.A. No.2183 of 2025 ------- 1. Ajay Babu M. @ Ajay Rao, aged about 43 years, son of Sri Padmaiah, Proprietor VNR-SECC Joint Venture, Present office address at Seraikella- Rajkharsawa Road, Seraikella, P.O. & P.S. Seraikella, District Seraikella- Kharsawa, State-Jharkhand. 2. Nageshwar Rao, aged about 44 years, son of Rama Rao, Reddipalli, General Manager, VNR-SECC Joint Venture, Present Office Address at Seraikella-Rajkharsawa Road, Seraikella, P.O. & P.S. Seraikella, District Seraikella-Kharsawa, State-Jharkhand. 3. Rakesh Kumar, aged about 51 years, son of Ashok Kumar Yadav, Project Manager, VNR-SECC Joint Venture, Present office address at Seraikella- Rajkharsawa Road, Seraikella, P.O. & P.S. Seraikella, District Seraikella- Kharsawa, State-Jharkhand. …... …. Petitioner(s) Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. Sanjay Mani Tripathi, son of Late Chandrashekhar Mani Tripathi, resident of Radhikanagar, P.O. & P.S. TELCO, Jamshedpur, District Singhbhum East, Jharkhand, (Proprietor) Maa Vindhyawashani Construction (Proprietorship Firm), Radhikanagar, TELCO, P.O. & P.S. TELCO, Jamshedpur, District East Singhbhum. .…. …. Opp. Parties -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH -------- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Pratyush Kumar, Advocate For the State : Ms. Nehala Sharmin, Spl.P.P. For the Opp. Party No.2 : Mr. Jitendra Nath Upadhyay, Advocate -------- 06/ Dated 05.03.2025 The petitioners have filed this application for quashing of the entire criminal proceeding of TELCO P.S. Case No. 145/2022, arising out of Complaint Case No.1486/2022, registered under Sections 406, 420 and 120(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First class, Jamshedpur. It was submitted that parties have settled their disputes and the offence alleged is compoundable in nature. Joint compromise petition has been brought on record by filing I.A. No.2183/2025, wherein, this interlocutory application has been filed by the opposite party No.2 and the petitioners, stating therein that the parties have settled their disputes. -2- Offence under Sections 420 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code are compoundable in nature under the provision of under Section 320(2) Cr.P.C and permission is accordingly accorded. In the aforesaid fact, the entire criminal proceeding of TELCO P.S. Case No. 145/2022, arising out of Complaint Case No.1486/2022, stands quashed. This criminal miscellaneous petition is allowed. Pending I.A., if any, also stands disposed of. (Ambuj Nath, J.) BS/-