Vijay Kumar & ORS. v. State (Govt. Of NCT Of Delhi) & ANR.

44# $~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 2327/2016 VIJAY KUMAR & ORS.

..... Petitioners Represented by:

Mr. A.K. Trivedi, Advocate with petitioners in person.

versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

..... Respondents Represented by:

Mr. Piyush Singhal, Advocate for Mr. Ashish Agarwal, Additional Standing Counsel for the State with WSI Sushila, PS Patel Nagar.

Respondent No.2 in person.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MUKTA GUPTA

O R D E R

% 08.08.2016 Crl. M.A. No. 12107/2016 (Exemption) Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

W.P.(CRL) 2327/2016 By the present petition the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 213/2015 under Sections 354/342/506/34 IPC registered at PS Patel Nagar, Delhi on the complaint of Respondent No.2 on the ground that the parties have settled the matter.

Learned proxy counsel for the learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State on instructions from the Investigating Officer states that besides the petitioners there is no other accused and besides the respondent No.2 there is no other complainant or victim in the present FIR. W.P.(CRL) 2327/2016

The complainant/Respondent No. 2 Ms. Sonia Chauhan who is present in Court and is identified by the Investigating Officer states that she has settled the matter with the petitioners which arose due to matrimonial differences between her, brother and sister-in-law and in terms of the settlement between the parties, she does not want to pursue the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. Petitioners, who are also present in Court and are identified by the learned counsel states that they will abide by the terms of settlement. In view of the fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences of their own free will, volition and without any coercion and no useful purpose will be served in continuance of the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them, 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. 213/2015 under Sections 354/342/506/34 IPC registered at PS Patel Nagar, Delhi and proceedings pursuant thereto are hereby quashed, subject to the petitioners depositing a sum of `10,000/- each with the Bar Council of Delhi Indigent and Disabled Lawyers' Account within two weeks.

Parties have signed this order sheet in acknowledgment of their statements made before this Court.

The petition is disposed of. Order dasti.

MUKTA GUPTA, J.

AUGUST 08, 2016/'vn'

W.P.(CRL) 2327/2016