Ravi Sharma @ Raj & ORS. v. State Govt. Of NCT Of Delhi And ANR.

$~18 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 3893/2024 RAVI SHARMA @ RAJ & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Sanyam Tandon and Mr.

Sanjeev Kumar, Advs.

versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Anand V. Khatri, ASC for the State with SI Arvind Verma, PS- Gokalpuri.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR

O R D E R

% 20.01.2025 CRL.M.A. 37573/2024 (Ex.) Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

The application shall stand disposed of.

W.P.(CRL) 3893/2024 1.

The parties herein have, vide settlement agreement dated 09.02.2024, settled their differences. The terms of the settlement agreement are admitted by both parties and are not being reproduced herein for the sake of brevity.

2.

The parties have been duly identified by the Investigating Officer (I.O.).

3.

Clause 9 (vi) of the Agreement records that a final amount of Rs. 50,000/- will be paid by way of DD/RTGS/NEFT at the time of quashing of FIR before the Hon‟ble High Court against the person 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 27/01/2025 at 12:12:26

named in the FIR.

4.

In terms of the same, the counsel for the Petitioner has handed over DD bearing No. 325229 thereby discharging all their obligations qua payment of amounts as settled between the parties. 5.

The parties are present in person and state that all the terms and conditions of the agreement arrived between the parties stand complied with.

6.

Considering the above settlement between the parties and the chances of conviction of the Petitioner(s) 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.

7.

Accordingly, the petition is allowed. Consequently, the FIR No. 221/2022 under Sections 406, 498A and 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 & Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 registered at P.S. Gokulpuri, Delhi and proceedings emanating therefrom, are quashed, qua the Petitioner(s).

8.

Parties shall abide by the terms of settlement. 9.

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

10.

As a result, the disputes raised in the present petition stand settled and consequently nothing survives in the present petition. The petition be consigned to the records.

HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J.

JANUARY 20, 2025/nd 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 27/01/2025 at 12:12:26