Subudhi Jain & Ors v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Anr

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12.11.2024

¶1This petition has been filed seeking quashing of FIR no. 144/2015, registered at PS Caw Cell/Nanak Pura, Delhi under Sections 498-A/406/417/34 IPC on the basis of settlement arrived at between the parties dated 12th October, 2021 which is on record of this Court.

¶2As per the settlement amount, Rs. 5 Lac had to be paid as one time settlement, in addition to the continued payment of ad interim maintenance of Rs. 5,000/- per month, awarded by the MM Rohini Courts till the date of the divorce. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

¶3Rs. 4 lacs have already been paid to respondent no.2 at the time of divorce proceedings, and Rs. 1 lac is being tendered vide DD no. 011265, drawn on IDBI Bank, which is received by respondent no.2 in Court.

¶4As regards the arrears of ad interim maintenance, as agreed to in clause 2 of the agreement, an amount of Rs. 1,80,000/- has been paid to respondent no.2, till the date of the divorce. Out of Rs. 1,80,000/- paid to the respondent no.2, amount of Rs. 1,50,000/- has been paid in cash, which has been duly received by respondent no.2. Counsel for petitioner states that an amount of Rs. 30,000/- has been transferred to respondent no.2's account.

¶5Petitioner and respondent no.2, are both present in Court and are duly identified by the IO and respective counsels.

¶6Petitioner nos. 2-3 being family members of petitioner no.1 are duly exempted.

¶7In this view of the matter, respondent no.2 has no objection to the quashing of the FIR.

¶8The marriage of the petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2, the marriage resulted in a divorce by decree dated 08th September 2022. Respondent no.2 further states, that now, the settlement has been complied with, she is willing to withdraw the other pending cases between her and petitioner no.1. The said undertaking is taken on record.

¶9The list of the pending cases has been transcribed in CRL.M.A. 33845/2024, and are extracted hereunder: The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

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¶10Considering the above settlement between the parties and the chances of conviction of the petitioners being remote and bleak, there is no use continuing with proceedings of the present FIR as it would be a misuse of the process of the Court and an unnecessary burden on the State exchequer. Accordingly, the petition is allowed. Consequently, the FIR No. 144/2015 under Sections 498-A/406/417/34 registered at PS Caw Cell / Nanak Pura and proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

¶11Parties shall abide by the terms of settlement.

¶12Accordingly, the petition is disposed of. Pending applications (if any) are disposed of as infructuous.

¶13The date already fixed i.e 13th December, 2024 stands cancelled.

¶14Dasti

¶15Order be uploaded on the website of this Court. ANISH DAYAL, J NOVEMBER 12, 2024/RK

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1976/2024 CRL.M.A. 33845/2024 SUBUDHI JAIN & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hemant Choudhary, Ms. Pooja and Ms. Jyoti Mandal, Advocates along with petitioner in person. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for the State with SI Vijay Pal Singh, PS: CWC Nanakpura. Ms. Zeba Khair, Ms. Farhee & Ms. Ananya Garg, Advs for R-2 Respondent No. 2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL