ORDER :

The present petition is maintained by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter to be called as “the Code”) for quashing of F.I.R No.44 of 2018, dated 21.4.2018, under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act and Sections 354D, 507 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Chopal, District Shimla, H.P, alongwith all consequent proceedings arising out of the said F.I.R., pending before the learned trial Court.

2. Briefly stating the facts, giving rise to the present petition, as per the prosecution story, are that the petitioner had used fake user ID made under an imaginary name of a woman, namely, Divya Chauhan, to interact with respondent No.4-complainant. Pursuant thereto, statement of respondent No.4 came to the Police Station for lodging FIR against the petitioner. Now, the parties have entered into a compromise, vide Compromise Deed (Annexure P-2) dated 28th February, 2020, stating therein that she does not want to pursue the case against the petitioner. Hence, the present petition.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that as the parties have compromised the matter, no purpose will be served by ke