Ravi Khaitan And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.
Form No. J(2)
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
Criminal Revisional Jurisdiction Appellate Side
Present:
The Hon'ble Justice Jay Sengupta CRR 1484 of 2020 with CRAN 1 of 2020 Ravi Khaitan & ors.
Vs.
State of W.B. & another For the Petitioners : Ms. Anjana Banerjee : Mr. Pradeep Pandey For the State : Mr. Madhusudan Sur, Ld.APP : Mr. Manoranjan Mahata For the O.P. No.2 : Mr. Sujoy Sarkar Heard on: 4th December, 2020 Judgment on : 4th December, 2020 The Court:
This is an application for quashing of an investigational proceeding under Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. At the intervention of common relations and family friends, a compromise and settlement was arrived
at between the accused and the victim/defacto-complainant of all disputes that had led to the initiation of the impugned proceeding. A joint compromise application has also been filed in this regard.
Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the defactocomplainant/victim submits as follows. A compromise and settlement has indeed been arrived at between the private parties and a joint compromise application has also been filed. An application for mutual divorce that has been filed before the learned appropriate forum, which is still pending. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State submits that State would not come in the way if a settlement and compromise is arrived at between the private parties. I have heard the submissions of the learned counsels appearing on behalf of the petitioners, the State and the victim/opposite party no.2 and have perused the revision petition and the case diary.
It appears that a settlement and compromise has indeed been arrived at between the private parties of the disputes that had led to the initiation of the present proceeding. In view of the above and in the interest of justice, I quash the impugned proceeding on the ground of compromise and settlement.
With these observations, the revisional application and the connection application are disposed of.
Urgent photostat certified copy of this order may be supplied to the parties expeditiously, if applied for. (Jay Sengupta,J.) ssi