Piyush Kapoor & ORS v. State (Govt Of NCT Delhi) & ANR

$~12 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 774/2018 PIYUSH KAPOOR & ORS ..... Petitioners Through Mr. Ajmal Farooqui and Mohd. Zafar, Advs.

versus STATE (GOVT OF NCT DELHI) & ANR ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Lao, ASC for the State along with SI G.S. Gill.

R-2 with her counsel Mr. Saurabh Kumar and Mr. Viney Sharma, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDERMEET KAUR

O R D E R

% 16.03.2018 The petitioners are seeking quashing of the present FIR i.e. FIR No.0209/2017 registered under Sections 498-A/406 read with Section 34 of the IPC at Police Station Tilak Nagar on the complaint of respondent No. 2. Respondent No. 2 is present in Court. Her presence has been identified by her counsel as also by the Investigating Officer. Petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 had got married according to Hindu rites in October, 2015. Their marriage did not run smoothly. They agreed to go in for divorce by mutual consent. A decree of divorce by mutual consent was passed on 22.02.2018. No child was borne out of their wedlock. In terms of their settlement, it was agreed that a sum of 10.50 lacs will be paid by petitioner No. 1 to respondent No. 2 out of which ₹7 lacs stands paid. A sum of ₹3.5

lacs has been paid by way of a demand draft by petitioner No. 1 to respondent No. 2 in Court today. Parties endorse the terms of this settlement.

This is a fit case where the prayer made in the present petition be granted. Accordingly, to secure the ends of justice, FIR No.0209/2017 registered under Sections 498-A/406 read with Section 34 of the IPC at Police Station Tilak Nagar and all proceedings emanating thereto stand quashed.

Petition disposed of in the above terms.

Order dasti.

INDERMEET KAUR, J MARCH 16, 2018