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Crl.M.C. No. 1196/2010
Date of Decision: 19th April, 2010 # SMT. ANITA & OTHERS .....PETITIONERS
! Through: Petitioners with their counsel Mr. Ajay Biltoria.
JUDGMENT
1. Whether reporters of Local paper may be allowed to see the judgment?
2. To be referred to the reporter or not?
3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? S.N.AGGARWAL, J (ORAL) Crl.M.A. No. 4846/2010 in Crl. M.C. No. 1196/2010 Exemption as prayed for is granted subject to all just exceptions. Crl. M.C. No. 1196/2010 & Crl.M.A. No. 4847/2010 (for stay) This is a joint petition filed by the petitioners for quashing of FIR NO. 12/2007 under Sections 498-A/406/34 IPC with Police Station Gandhi Nagar got registered by petitioner No. 1 against petitioners No. 2 to 12.
2. Mr. R.N. Vats, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent State.
3. With the consent of counsel for both the parties, this petition has been taken up for final disposal at this stage itself.
4. The petitioner No. 1 was married with petitioner No. 2 according to Hindu rites & ceremonies at Delhi on 27.11.2004. There were 2010:DHC:2118 matrimonial disputes between the couple on account of which FIR in question was got registered by petitioner No. 1 against petitioners No. 2 to 12. During pendency of the criminal trial against petitioners No. 2 to 12, the petitioner No. 1 is stated to have amicably settled her matrimonial disputes with them and pursuant thereto, the petitioner NO. 1 and petitioner No. 2 have agreed to live together. In fact, petitioner NO. 1 is living with her husband in the house of her in-laws since 27.09.2008. She is present in Court along with her counsel. The petitioner No. 1 says that she is on her family way and has no dispute with her in-laws including her husband. She has no objection to the quashing of the FIR in question and the criminal proceedings arising out of the said FIR pending against petitioners No. 2 to 12 in the Court of of Ms. Suchi Shahmiri, Metropolitan Magistrate, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi.
5. Since the parties have amicably settled their matrimonial disputes, no useful purpose is likely to be served by keeping the criminal case pending against the petitioners No. 2 to 12 alive
6. In the facts and circumstances of the case stated above, the FIR No. 12/2007 under Sections 498-A/406/34 IPC with Police Station Gandhi Nagar is quashed. The criminal proceedings arising out of the said FIR pending against petitioners No. 2 to 12 in the Court of of Ms. Suchi Shahmiri, Metropolitan Magistrate, Karkardooma Courts, are ordered to be dropped.
APRIL 19, 2010 S.N.AGGARWAL, J 'BSR'