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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 21st July, 2026
M/S GUPTA TRADERS AND ANR .....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Gaurav Kumar Pandey, Advocate with petitioners
Petitioner No. 2 (Through VC)
Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for State/R-1 Ms. Radhika Tandan, Advocate along with R-2 Goma Devi in person
JUDGMENT
1. Petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No. 0490/2022 dated 10.07.2022 registered at Police Station Karol Bagh for commission of offence under Sections 279/337 IPC along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties.
2. The aforesaid FIR was registered on the basis of complaint of Smt. Goma Devi, who met with an accident on 13.01.2018. Accident was caused by a car coming from behind which was being driven by petitioner no. 2 in a rash or negligent manner. Due to the accident, complainant received grievous injuries in her left leg.
3. A claim was also filed before the learned Motor Accident Claim Tribunal and during the pendency of the aforesaid claim, the parties entered into settlement and she gave her no objection to the compounding of the CRL.M.C. 1607/2024 2 offences. The settlement amount is Rs. 50,000/- and the award dated 23.02.2023 is also for the same amount of Rs. 50,000/-.
4. Learned counsel for petitioners has handed over a draft drawn on Kotak Mahindra Bank of Rs. 50,000/- to respondent No. 2 who is present in Court. She has been duly identified by her counsel. She submits that in view of the above, she has no objection if the FIR in question is quashed.
5. Keeping in mind the overall facts of the case and the no objection given by respondent No. 2, no useful purpose would be served in continuing with the criminal proceedings emanating from the FIR in question.
6. Accordingly, exercising inherent powers vested in this Court under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, it is deemed appropriate to quash the FIR.
7. Consequently, to secure the ends of justice, FIR No. 0490/2022 dated 10.07.2022 registered at Police Station Karol Bagh for commission of offence under Sections 279/337 IPC) along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, is quashed.
8. Original affidavits of the parties shall be submitted before the learned Trial Court within four weeks from today.
9. The petition stands disposed of in aforesaid terms.
10. Petitioners would be at liberty to move appropriate application seeking return of the amount which the petitioners had, reportedly, deposited with the learned Motor Accident Claim Tribunal and learned Tribunal shall consider any such application and would dispose of the same, in accordance with law.
JUDGE JULY 21, 2026/dr/sk