JUDGMENT :

Heard the parties.

2. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with a prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding in connection with Koderma P.S. Case No.209 of 2021 dated 12.11.2021 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code which is pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the opposite party No.2 jointly draw the attention of this Court towards Annexure-2 of the counter-affidavit which is the settlement arrived at between the parties at the District Mediation Centre, Koderma and submit that the parties have settled their dispute by mediation before the mediator. Learned counsel for the petitioner next submits that the dispute between the parties is basically a civil dispute and as complete settlement has arrived at between the parties, hence, the petitioner will be put to great hardship and difficulty unless the entire criminal proceeding of Koderma P.S. Case No.209 of 2021, as prayed for by the petitioner, is quashed. It is next submitted t