Mukul Gautam v. State (The NCT Of Delhi) And ANR

$~59 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 6228/2024 MUKUL GAUTAM .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Rahul Gautam & Mr. Karmanya Singh Choudhary, Advs with petitioner in person versus STATE (THE NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR .....Respondents Through:

Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for the State SI Mahesh PS Kalkaji ASI Bhagwat Prasad CP Reserve Kalyan Puri Mr. Komar Vashisht, Adv for R-2 with R-2 in person

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL

O R D E R

% 12.08.2024 1.

This petition is filed seeking quashing of FIR No. 137/2021 PS Kalkaji under Sections 279/323/325/341 IPC on the basis of settlement arrived at between the parties on 24th June 2023, which is on record of this Court. 2.

Petitioner and respondent no. 2 (complainant) are present in Court and are duly identified by IO and the respective counsels. 3.

Respondent no.2/complainant admits having received the amounts stated in the settlement and further states that he has no objection to quashing of the FIR. He has also filed an affidavit to this effect on Court record. 4.

Considering the above settlement between the parties and the chances 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 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 16/08/2024 at 11:42:08

process of the Court and an unnecessary burden on the State exchequer. Accordingly, the petition is allowed. Consequently, the FIR No. 137/2021 PS Kalkaji under Sections 279/323/325/341 IPC and proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

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Parties shall abide by the terms of settlement. 6.

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

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Order be uploaded on the website of this Court. ANISH DAYAL, J AUGUST 12, 2024/sm 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 16/08/2024 at 11:42:08