Minor ( A ) Thr. Father Data Ram v. State Of NCT Of Delhi & ANR

$~39 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 2165/2017 & Crl.M.A. 12156/2017 (stay) MINOR ( A ) THR. FATHER DATA RAM ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr. Pranaynath Jha, Mr. Mehendra Pratap, Advocates with petitioner No.1 through his mother.

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

Mr. R.S. Kundu, ASC with IO.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL

O R D E R

% 10.08.2017 Crl.M.A.No.12157/2017 (exemption) Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. The application stands disposed of.

W.P.(CRL) 2165/2017 The instant petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking quashing of FIR No.196/2017 for the offences punishable under Sections 324/341/34 IPC registered at Police Station-Sangam 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 the learned counsel and the Investigating Officer. He states that he has settled the matter with the petitioners with his own free will and choice without any W.P.(CRL) 2165/2017

threat, pressure and coercion as per Compromise Deed (Annexure-B). She further submits that she does not wish to pursue the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto.

Statements of the parties have been recorded separately. In view of the fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences voluntarily and out of their own free will and without any coercion, 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.196/2017 for the offences punishable under Sections 324/341/34 IPC registered at Police Station-Sangam Vihar, Delhi, and proceedings pursuant thereto are hereby quashed.

The petition is disposed of.

SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL, J AUGUST 10, 2017 afa W.P.(CRL) 2165/2017