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High Court of DelhiCRL.M.C./3994/2024

Sushant Verma & ORS. v. State NCT Of Delhi And ANR

2024-09-24Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Anish Dayal2 pages

$~52 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3994/2024 SUSHANT VERMA & ORS.

.....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Gaganmeet Singh Sachdeva and Mr. Harshpreet Singh Chadha, Advs.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondent Through:

Mr. Pradeep Gahalot, APP for the State with Ms. Ridam Arora, Mr.

Sumit Rana, Mr. Vikram Pratap Singh and Mr. Devvrat Sharma, Advs. with SI Animesh Anand, PS Jagatpuri.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL

O R D E R

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This petition has been filed seeking quashing of FIR No. 218/2020 PS Jagat Puri under Sections 498A/406/354/377/506/34 IPC basis settlement dated 31st August, 2021 arrived at between the parties and is on record of this Court. Respondent No.2, who appears through VC, states that she has received her settlement and has no objection to the quashing of the FIR. 2.

Petitioner Nos.1-5 are appearing through VC and duly identified by the IO. The marriage of petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2 has culminated into a divorce by decree dated 10th March, 2022. No child was born out of wedlock.

3.

Considering the above settlement between the parties and the chances 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 01/10/2024 at 12:00:43

of conviction of the petitioners being remote and bleak, there is no use continuing with proceedings of the present FIR as it would be a misuse of the process of the Court and an unnecessary burden on the State exchequer. Accordingly, the petition is allowed. Consequently, the FIR No. 218/2020 PS Jagat Puri under Sections 498A/406/354/377/506/34 IPC and proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

4.

Parties shall abide by the terms of settlement. 5.

Accordingly, the petition is disposed of. Pending applications (if any) are disposed of as infructuous.

6.

Order be uploaded on the website of this Court. ANISH DAYAL, J SEPTEMBER 24, 2024/MK 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 01/10/2024 at 12:00:43