Ashish Sharma & ORS. v. The State Govt. Of NCT Of Delhi And ANR.

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COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 268/2025 ASHISH SHARMA & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr Anuuj Aggarwall, Mr. Vineet Kumar Jain, & Mr. Piyush Mehra, Advs.

versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.....

...Respondents

Through:

Mr. Sanjay Lao, SC with ASI Ravender Singh, PS Burari.

Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH

O R D E R

% 21.02.2025 CRL.M.A. 2324/2025 Exemption allowed, subject to all such exceptions. The application is disposed of.

W.P.(CRL) 268/2025

1. This is petition seeking quashing of FIR No.0760/2022 dated 27.09.2022 under Sections 498-A/406 of IPC, registered at Burari, Delhi.

2. The parties have arrived at a settlement on 20.02.2024 and the statement of respondent No. 2 appeared before the Joint Registrar who has recorded her statement.

3. It is stated that an amount of Rs. 4,80,000/- has already been paid and The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/03/2025 at 14:37:51

there is one child born out of the wedlock, who is in the care and custody of the petitioner no.1.

4. Parties state that they have arrived at the settlement out of their own free will without any threat, pressure, coercion or undue influence.

5. I am of the opinion that no useful purpose would be served in prosecuting the FIR any further on the ground that the parties have arrived at a voluntary settlement and settled their disputes.

6. It is directed that in view of the judgment Ganesh v. Sudhir Kumar Shrivastava [(2020) 20 SCC 787], the settlement executed between the petitioners and respondent No. 2, and this order shall have no effect on the rights of child of the parties, who shall be free to avail all legal rights and remedies towards inheritance, maintenance, education, marriage expenses etc. against either of her parents.

7. I am convinced that quashing of such proceedings on account of compromise would bring about peace and would secure ends of justice. The Court does not see any fruitful purpose if criminal proceedings as permitted to continue any further. It is a fit case for quashing. In this view of the matter, there is no reason to continue the proceedings.

8. In view of the above, the FIR No.0760/2022 under Sections 498-A/406 of IPC, registered at Burari, Delhi and consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed.

JASMEET SINGH, J FEBRUARY 21, 2025/pk Click here to check corrigendum, if any The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/03/2025 at 14:37:51