Gulshan @ Rinku & ANR v. The State & ORS

$~73 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1385/2019 GULSHAN @ RINKU & ANR ..... Petitioners Through:

Mr. Deep Chand Akarniya, Advocate versus THE STATE & ORS ..... Respondents Through:

Mr. Panna Lal Sharma, APP with SI Raju Yadav, PS:Sultanpuri, Delhi

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDER SHEKHAR

O R D E R

% 14.03.2019 CRL.M.A. 5532/2019 Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. The application is disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 1385/2019 1.

The petitioners have filed the present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for quashing of FIR No.21/2009, under Sections 498-A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ('IPC'), registered at P.S.: Sultan Puri, North-West, Delhi and the proceedings emanating therefrom.

2.

The petitioners and their counsel as well as respondent No.2 submitted that the parties have settled their disputes on

their own free will, without any force or coercion. 3.

Respondent No.2 has reiterated the aforesaid facts and submitted that she is now living happily with the petitioner No.1 and has no grievance at all against him and has filed an affidavit dated 11.3.2019 in this regard; she further submitted that she has no objection to the petition being allowed and the FIR being quashed.

4.

The Investigating Officer ('IO'), who is present in Court, has identified the petitioners as well as respondent No.2. 5.

In view of the aforesaid circumstances and the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that no fruitful purpose would be served in keeping the parties entangled in the criminal proceedings. Accordingly, in the interest of justice, FIR No.21/2009, under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC, registered at P.S.: Sultan Puri, NorthWest, Delhi and the proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

6.

Petition is disposed of in above terms.

CHANDER SHEKHAR, J MARCH 14, 2019 tp