Amit Kumar v. State Of NCT Of Delhi & ANR

$~ 30 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4447/2017 & Crl.M.A. No.17818/2017 (stay) AMIT KUMAR ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr. Harsh Ahuja and Mr. Kushal Kumar, Advocates with petitioner in person.

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

Mr. Ashok Kumar Garg, APP for State with SI Karan Pal, PS Hauz Khas.

Respondent No.2 in person.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL

O R D E R

% 02.11.2017 Crl. M.A. No. 17819/2017 (Exemption) Exemption allowed, subject to just exceptions. Application stands disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 4447/2017 & Crl.M.A. No.17818/2017 (stay) The instant petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking quashing of FIR No.1343/2014 under Sections 354D IPC registered at Police StationHauz Khas, Delhi on the complaint of respondent No.2 and the proceedings pursuant thereto on the ground that the parties have amicably settled their disputes as per Settlement dated 05.06.2017.

Notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice. Respondent No. 2 is present in Court today and is identified by the Investigating Officer. She states that she has settled the matter with the petitioners with her own free will and choice without any threat, pressure CRL.M.C. 4447/2017

and coercion as she made the statement regarding settlement before Metropolitan Magistrate, Mahila Court, South, Saket Courts, New Delhi on 05.06.2017 and 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 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.1343/2014 under Sections 354D IPC registered at Police Station-Hauz Khas, Delhi and proceedings pursuant thereto are hereby quashed. The petition is disposed of along with pending application. SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL, J NOVEMBER 02, 2017 afa CRL.M.C. 4447/2017