Kavit Manchanda & ANR v. State ( Govt Of NCT Of Delhi) & ANR

$~35 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1429/2019 KAVIT MANCHANDA & ANR ..... Petitioners Through:

Mr. Shaurya Sharma & Mr. Ankit Khurana, Advs.

versus STATE ( GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR ..... Respondents Through:

Mr. Raghuvinder Verma, APP for State with SI Vikas Kumar, PS Dwarka South.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 15.03.2019 CRL.M.A. 5703/2019 (exemption) Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. The application is disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 1429/2019 1.

The present petition is for quashing of FIR No. 194/2018 dated 01.07.2018 lodged in PS Dwarka South, New Delhi. Parties state that the FIR was in respect of a property transaction which has been settled between them. Petitioners and the respondent no. 2 (complainant) have entered into a settlement/compromise deed dated 07.09.2018 which has been placed on record.

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2.

The parties are present in person in Court, as is the Investigating Officer (IO). The IO has identified the parties and verified the contents of the petition. It is stated that the respondent no.2 does not wish to pursue the criminal proceedings. The parties confirm before the Court that they have entered into the settlement of their free will and volition, and without any pressure or coercion exerted upon them.

3.

Pursuant to the settlement deed, a balance amount of ₹ 1,60,000/- was to be paid by the petitioner to the respondent no.2. The demand draft for the said amount has been handed over by the learned counsel for the petitioner to learned counsel for respondent no. 2 in Court, a copy whereof is also annexed to the petition as annexure P-4.

4.

In these circumstances, no useful purpose will be served in keeping the FIR and criminal proceedings arising therefrom alive. 5.

Consequently FIR No. 194/2018 dated 01.07.2018 lodged in PS Dwarka South, New Delhi and the proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed.

6.

The Petition is allowed in the aforesaid terms. PRATEEK JALAN, J MARCH 15, 2019 'pv'

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