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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 06th April, 2021
SURESH KUMAR & ORS. .... Petitioners
Through Mr. Deep Chand, Adv.
Through Mr. G.M. Farooqui, APP for State with SI Kuldeep Singh, PS Punjabi
Bagh R-2 in person with counsel (name not given)
JUDGMENT
Crl. M.A. 5436/2021 (exemption)
1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
2. Application is disposed of.
3. Vide the present petition, petitioners seek direction for quashing of FIR No.1087/2014 dated 01.12.2014, registered at Police Station Punjabi Bagh, Delhi and consequent proceedings arising therefrom. 2021:DHC:1193
4. Notice issued.
5. Notice is accepted by learned APP for State and by counsel for respondent no.2 and with the consent of counsel for parties, present petition is taken up for final disposal.
6. Petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2 got married on 29.11.2013. Due to extreme incompatibilities between petitioners and respondent no.2, they started living separately from 22.02.2014.
7. Petitioners and respondent no.2 with the intervention of their well wishers and relatives entered into an amicable settlement vide Memorandum of Understanding for Dissolution of Marriage by mutual consent dated 11.08.2019 and settled all their disputes amicably.
8. A demand draft bearing No.483013 dated 05.04.2021, towards balance settlement amount of ₹2,00,000/- is handed over by the petitioner No.1 to the respondent no. 2 today in the Court.
9. Complainant/respondent No.2 is present in person and has been identified by SI Kuldeep Singh and submits that matter has been settled and she does not wish to prosecute the matter any further.
10. Taking into account the aforesaid facts, this Court is inclined to quash FIR as no useful purpose would be served in prosecuting petitioners any further.
11. For the reasons afore-recorded, FIR No.1087/2014 dated 01.12.2014, registered at Police Station Punjabi Bagh, Delhi and consequent proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.
12. The petition is, accordingly, allowed and disposed of.
JUDGE APRIL 06, 2021