Manrich Singh Narang & ORS. v. N.C.T. Of Delhi & ORS.

37# $~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + MANRICH SINGH NARANG & ORS.

..... Petitioners Represented by:

Mr. B. Badrinath, Advocate with petitioners in person.

versus N.C.T. OF DELHI & ORS.

..... Respondents Represented by:

Ms. Meenakshi Chauhan, APP for the State with SI Sanjay Kumar, PS Madhu Vihar.

Mr. Manohar Malik, Advocate for respondent Nos. 2 and 3 with respondent Nos. 2 and 3 in person.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MUKTA GUPTA

O R D E R

% 16.09.2016 Crl. M.A. No. 14440/2016 (Exemption) Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

By the present petition the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 669/2015 under Sections 420/468/472 IPC registered at PS Madhu Vihar, Delhi on the complaint of Respondent No.2 and the proceedings pursuant thereto on the ground that the parties have settled the matter. Learned APP for the State on instructions submits that in the above

noted FIR the four petitioners are the only accused and the respondent Nos.2 and 3 are the complainant/victim. She further states that one more accused Shri Rajinder Singh Narang, father of petitioner No.1 and husband of petitioner No. 4 has since passed away.

The Respondent Nos. 2 and 3, who are present in Court and are identified by the learned counsel and the Investigating Officer, state that they have settled the matter with the petitioners and in terms of the settlement between the parties they do not want to pursue the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. Petitioners who are present in Court and are identified by the learned counsel affirm the statement made by the respondent Nos.2 and 3 and state that they would abide by the terms of the 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. 669/2015 under Sections 420/468/472 IPC registered at PS Madhu Vihar, Delhi and proceedings pursuant thereto are hereby quashed, subject to the petitioners depositing a sum of `5,000/- each with the Juvenile Justice Fund maintained by the Registrar General of this Court within a period of four 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.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016/'vn'