Santosh Kumar Vummidi Singh & ORS. v. State And Another

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ CRL.M.C. 3411/2018 and Crl. M.A. no. 12370/2018 SANTOSH KUMAR VUMMIDI SINGH & ORS. ..... Petitioners Through Mr. Rajneesh Kumar Singh and Ms.

Beauty Singh, Advs. for petitioner nos. 1 to 3 versus STATE AND ANOTHER ..... Respondents Through Mr. M.S. Oberoi, APP with ASI Harvinder Kaur, P.S. Dabri Mr.

Ravinder Yadav, Adv.

with respondent no. 2 in person

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. PATHAK

O R D E R

% 11.07.2018 Notice.

Learned APP accepts notice for respondent no. 1.

Respondent no.2-Ms.

Manisha Yadav is present in Court along with her counsel and accepts notice. She has been identified by ASI Harvinder Kaur of police station Dabri.

Respondent no.2 submits that she has settled the matter with the petitioner no. 1 of her own free will and without any undue force, pressure or coercion before the Counselling Cell, Family Courts, Dwarka Courts, New Delhi on 20th December, 2017. Her marriage with petitioner no.1 has

already been dissolved by a decree of divorce by mutual consent dated 24th May, 2018 passed by the Family Courts, South-West District, Dwarka Courts, New Delhi. Petitioner no. 1 has paid `4,50,000/- to the respondent no. 2 towards balance settled amount, vide a demand draft, photocopy whereof has been placed on record. Respondent no. 2 says that entire settled amount of `18,00,000/- stands paid with this payment and she has no objection in case FIR is quashed against the petitioner no. 1 and his relatives, that is, petitioner nos. 2 and 3.

Keeping in mind the settlement arrived at between the petitioners and respondent no. 2 voluntarily, in my view, no fruitful purpose would be served to keep the criminal proceedings pending. Accordingly, in the interest of justice, FIR no.136/2017 under Sections 498-A/406/34 IPC registered at Police Station Dabri and the consequent proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

Petition is disposed of in the above terms. Miscellaneous application is disposed of as infructuous. Dasti.

A.K. PATHAK, J.

JULY 11, 2018 r.bararia