Jai Prakash & Ors. v. State & Anr.

406134 IPC and Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act registered at PS Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi on the complaint of Respondent No. 2 on the ground that the parties have settled the matter. w.P.(cRL) 113e/2011 Page I of 3 2011:DHC:18903 2/' The allegations as set out briefly in the FIR are that the Respondent No. 2 and the Petitioner No. 3 got engaged and before the rnarriage could be perfomed Petitioners demanded gold jewellary and cash items resulting in breaking up of the marriage alliance. Thus on the complaint of Respondent No. 2 the abovementioned FIR was registered. The Respondent No. 2 Complainant Ms. Indira is present in person and is identified by the Investigating Officer and her counsel. She states that she has settled the matter with the Petitioners and all the. arlicles and the cash given to the Petitioners has been returned to her. Besides an amount of Rs. 40,000/- has to be paid to the Respondent No. 2 by the Petitioners in lieu of expenses incurred by the Complainant's father on the various ceretnonies conducted out of which Rs. 20,000/- has been already paid to her and Rs. 20,O0Ol- has been paid today vide pay order No. 051166 dated 4th July, .2OIl drawn on Standard Chartered Ban, Preet Vihar, Delhi. She further states that in view of the settlement between the parties, she does not want to pursue the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. 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 w.P.(cRL) 1ts9/2011 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. Consequently, FIR No. Il2l20ll under Sections 406134 IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act registered at PS Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi and proceedings pursuant thereto are hereby quashed. Parties have signed this order sheet in acknowledgment of their statements made before this Court. The petition is disposed of. Order dasti. AUGUST l7,20ll tvn' n / /j 1'-lh,A-fft' \l) u€ \ ,t. nilu2- ;,%, " '\ffM{v'>--' w.P.(cRL) 1139/2011 /*l,fE_ ,MUKTA GUPTA. J. toN.9' 'rrDj,to r_ I uud' \,-ryY ".J.,"ffi", 3 id"^h-(a 1w o*db fl\us }'"tiw n ffiu'* ptr t- *^yl

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