Lavee Chauhan & ORS. v. The State NCT Of Delhi And ORS
$~48 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 2264/2025 LAVEE CHAUHAN & ORS.
.....Petitioners Through:
Mr. Sushant, Advocate.
P1 through VC.
P2 & P3 in person.
versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents Through:
Mr. Shoaib Haider, APP for the State with PSI Sahil Hooda, PS Dabri.
Complainant through VC.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA
O R D E R
% 16.05.2025 1.
Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed on behalf of the Petitioners for quashing the FIR No. 132/2022 dated 21.01.2022 under Section 354/354(D)/506/509/323/341/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as 'IPC') registered at Police Station Dabri, New Delhi and the consequential proceedings emanating thereto.
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Issue Notice.
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Learned APP accepts Notice on behalf of the State. 4.
It is submitted that the Complainant and her brother, who are Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 lived in the neighbourhood of the Petitioners. There were some misunderstanding between the parties on account of which the incident happened on 21.01.2022 and the said FIR got registered. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
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A cross-FIR had also been registered on the Complaint of the mother of the Petitioners against the Respondents vide FIR No. 11/2023 dated 04.01.2023 under Section 354(D)/506/509 IPC, registered at Police Station Dabri, Delhi i.e. after a one year. It is further submitted that FIR No. 11/2023 in Crl. M.C. No. 2181/2025, titled as Shubham Kumar vs. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr., has been compromised and the same was quashed by this Court vide Order dated 14.05.2025. 6.
The Statement of the parties have been recorded by the learned Joint Registrar where they have submitted that they have arrived at the Settlement voluntarily and undertake to remain bound by the terms of the Settlement. It is also stated by learned counsel for the Petitioners, as well as, the Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 that after the registration of the FIR, no untoward incident has happened.
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The Petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 are present in the Court and have been identified by their learned Counsel and Investigating Officer concerned. The Petitioner No. 1 and the Complainant are present through video conferencing.
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Considering the submissions made, the FIR No. 132/2022 dated 21.01.2022 under Section 354/354(D)/506/509/323/341/34 IPC registered at Police Station Dabri, New Delhi and the consequential proceedings emanating thereto are hereby quashed subject to payment of cost of Rs.10,000/- each to be deposited by the Respondent Nos. 2 and 3, as well as, by the Petitioners, with the Delhi High Court Advocates' Welfare Trust within seven days failing which the matter be put up before the learned Registrar General for the recovery of the cost as land revenue. 9.
In view of the nature of the dispute and the Settlement inter se the The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
parties, the Petition is disposed of.
NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J MAY 16, 2025/RS The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.