Chetan Grover & ORS. v. State NCT Of Delhi & ANR.

$~65 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3558/2024 CHETAN GROVER & ORS.

..... Petitioners Through:

Mr. Sunil Kumar and Mr. Anil Kumar Mehta, Advs.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

..... Respondents Through:

Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for State with SI Neeraj Rathi, Special Cell and SI Sunil, PS Jagat Puri

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN % 06.05.2024

O R D E R

CRL.M.A. 13670/2024 1.

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

CRL.M.C. 3558/2024 2.

The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed by the petitioners praying for quashing of FIR bearing No. 0018/2020 registered at Police Station Jagat Puri, Delhi for offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, on the ground that the parties have arrived at settlement. 3.

Issue notice. The learned APP for the State accepts notice. He submits that since the FIR is an outcome of a matrimonial dispute and the parties have arrived at a settlement, the State has no objection in case the The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

FIR in question is quashed.

4.

The petitioner no. 1 (husband), the petitioner nos. 2 to 4 who are close relatives of petitioner no. 1, as well as, respondent no. 2 (wife) are present in Court and they have been identified by their respective counsels and by IO SI Neeraj Rathi, P.S. Jagat Puri. One female child was born out of the said wedlock on 04.04.2018.

5.

The brief facts of the case are that the marriage between the petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 27.02.2017 according to Hindu Rites and Customs.

6.

On account of temperamental issues, certain disputes arose between the parties. The dispute between the parties also led to the registration of present FIR.

7.

During the pendency of the proceedings they arrived at a settlement, terms whereof were reduced in writing in the form of Memorandum of Understanding dated 27.04.2024, copy of which is annexed as Annexure B to the present petition.

8.

It has been recorded in the aforesaid Memorandum of Understanding that the parties have amicably resolved all their disputes and differences and have started residing together as husband and wife since June 2021. It is also a term of the settlement that the parties shall withdraw the respective cases filed by them against each other and shall cooperate with each other in quashing of the aforesaid FIR.

9.

On a query put by this Court, the respondent no.2, who is present in court, states that she has no objection in case the FIR is quashed. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

10.

In view of the fact that the parties have arrived at a settlement, no useful purpose will be served in continuing the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them.

11.

It is, thus, in the interest of justice that the present FIR and all the other proceedings emanating therefrom, be quashed. 12.

Consequently, the petition is allowed and the FIR bearing No. 0018/2020 registered at Police Station Jagat Puri for offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, is quashed.

13.

The petition stands disposed of in the above terms. 14.

Order be uploaded on the website of this court. VIKAS MAHAJAN, J MAY 6, 2024 ns The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.