Ankit Verma & ORS. v. State Of NCT Of Delhi

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(CRL) 2385/2024 ANKIT VERMA & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Vishvinder Singh, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through:

Ms. Nandita Rao, ASC for the State with Insp. Ritesh PS Raj Park

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

O R D E R

% 07.08.2024 CRL.M.A. 23297/2024 (Seeking Exemption) 1.

Allowed, subject to just exceptions.

2.

The application is accordingly disposed of.

W.P.(CRL) 2385/2024 3.

The present petition under Article 226 & Section 428 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ('Cr.P.C.') has been filed on behalf of the petitioners seeking quashing of the case arising out of FIR bearing No. 557/2023 dated 24.08.2023, registered at Police Station Raj Park, for offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

1860 ('IPC').

4.

Issue notice. Learned ASC accepts notice on behalf of the State. 5.

A request for quashing of the FIR has been made on account of the Settlement inter se the parties. It is stated that no child was born out of the said wedlock. The parties have got divorced bu mutual consent of Decree dated 12.07.2024. It is stated that on 07.05.2024, both the parties amicably settled all the disputes and differences and it was interalia settled between the parties that petitioner no. 1 shall pay a sum of Rs. 4,00,000/- to the respondent no. 2 as full and final amount. It is also stated that the petitioner no. 1 has already paid Rs. 3,00,000 to respondent no. 2 and has handed over a Bankers' Cheque in the Sum of Rs.1,00,000/- bearing No. 868286 to the complainant in the Court today. In view of the settlement, the present petition has been filed.

6.

The parties are present before this Court today, and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer concerned. The parties endorse the Settlement Deed and state that they shall remain bound by it. 7.

Today, the complainant who is present in Court states that she has received all amounts due to her and has no objection if the FIR is quashed. 8.

In view of the above facts that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will and without any coercion and also the fact that the present matter is a family matter, rather the same would create further acrimony between them. Hence, it would be in the interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. Moreover, there is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question.

9.

Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 557/2023 dated 24.08.2023, registered The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

at Police Station Raj Park, for offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ('IPC') and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

10.

The petition stands disposed of.

NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J AUGUST 7, 2024 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.