Jai Prakash v. State ( NCT Of Delhi) & ANR

$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3482/2016 JAI PRAKASH ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr. Avinash Kumar Tyagi, Adv.

versus STATE ( NCT OF DELHI) & ANR ..... Respondents Through:

Mr. Mukesh Kumar, APP for State.

Mr. S.D. Windeesh, Adv. for complainant/R-2 with Insp. Josepha Kujur.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL

O R D E R

% 25.08.2017 The instant petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking quashing of FIR No.43/2010 for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406 IPC registered at PS Sarita Vihar, Delhi on the complaint of respondent No.2 and the proceedings pursuant thereto on the ground that a compromise/settlement has been arrived at between the parties in the matter. Respondent No. 2 is present in Court today and is identified by counsel and the Investigating Officer. He states that he has settled the matter with the petitioners of free will and choice without any threat, pressure and coercion.

Statements of the parties have been recorded separately. In view of the fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences voluntarily and of their own free will and without any coercion, CRL.M.C. 3482/2016

pressure, and no useful purpose will be served in continuance of the proceedings. It would be in the interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question. Consequently, FIR No. 43/2010 for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406 IPC registered at PS Sarita Vihar, Delhi and proceedings pursuant thereto are hereby quashed.

The petition alongwith pending application, is disposed of. SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL, J AUGUST 25, 2017/ssc CRL.M.C. 3482/2016