Sh Sunil Singh Rawat & ORS. v. The State (Gnct Of Delhi) & ANR.
$~27 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 8485/2024 SH SUNIL SINGH RAWAT & ORS.
.....Petitioners Through:
Mr.Sanju Gupta and Mr.Gaurav Dubey, Advs. with petitioners.
versus THE STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) & ANR.
.....Respondents Through:
Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with ASI Vijay Kumar, PS Ranhola.
Mr.Meenakshi Salarya, Adv.
with R-2.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN
O R D E R
% 20.01.2025 CRL.M.A.32360/2024 (exemption) 1.
Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
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Application stands disposed of.
CRL.M.C. 8485/2024 3.
The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India read with Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of FIR No. 0013/2024 under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC registered at Police Station Ranhola, Delhi and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom on the ground that the parties have arrived at a settlement.
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Issue notice. The learned APP for the State accepts notice. He submits The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
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 FIR in question is quashed.
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The petitioner no.1 (husband) is present in Court whereas petitioner No.2 (father-in-law), petitioner No.3 (mother-in-law), petitioner No.4 (sister-in-law), petitioner No.5 (husband of sister-in-law), have joined through VC. Respondent no. 2 (wife) is also present in the Court. They have been identified by their respective counsel and by the Investigating Officer ASI Vijay Kumar, PS Ranhola.
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The brief facts of the case are that the marriage between the petitioner no.1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 02.03.2020 according to Hindu Rites and Customs. Out of the said wedlock, two male children were born. 7.
On account of certain misunderstanding between the parties the respondent no. 2 lodged the aforesaid FIR.
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During the pendency of proceedings, the parties were referred to Counselling Cell, Family Court, Tis Hazari, Delhi, where they arrived at a settlement, terms whereof were reduced in writing in the form of Settlement dated 30.05.2024, which is annexed as Annexure P-2 to the present petition. 9.
It has been agreed between the parties that they will live together and shall cooperate with each other in all possible manner and they shall fulfil all their duties and responsibilities towards each other and their family members. 10.
The respondent no.2, on a query put by the Court, affirms the fact that the parties are living together as husband and wife and states that she has no objection in case the FIR is quashed.
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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 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
create further acrimony between them.
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It is, thus, in the interest of justice that the present FIR and all the other proceedings emanating therefrom be quashed.
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Consequently, the petition is allowed and the FIR No. 0013/2024 under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC registered at Police Station Ranhola, Delhi alongwith all other proceedings emanating therefrom, is quashed. 14.
The petition stands disposed of in the above terms. 15.
Order be uploaded on the website of this court. VIKAS MAHAJAN, J JANUARY 20, 2025 VLD The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.