Gaurav Malik & Ors v. State & Anr

ORDER

25.11.2011 This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No. 25/2010 under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC registered at P.S. Nanak Pura on the complaint of the respondent No.2 on the ground of parties having amicably settled the dispute. Petitioners No. 1 to 3 as well as the respondent No. 2 are identified by their respective counsels and the Investigating Officer. Petitioner No. 4 Shweta Chawla is stated to be in Calcutta and so is not present today. The petitioner No.l Gaurav Malik and the respondent No. 2 Kanika were married. Now, they have divorced by Certify that the digital and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. t decreeofmutualconsentvide orderdated 03'^''September,2011. Boththe petitioners and the respondent No. 2 state that they have compromised the matter. In terms of the compromisearrived at betweenthe parties,a total sum of Rs. 17,50,000/-was to be paid to the respondent No. 2 by the petitioner No. 1 in four installmentsof Rs. 4,37,500/- each. Three installments of Rs. 4,37,500/- have already been paid and balance payment is being paid today to her, which is admitted by the respondent No.

¶2Respondent No. 2 states that she has compromised the matter with the petitionersof her own free will and volition and without any pressure or coercion and now, she is left with no grievance against the petitioners and she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. In view of the foregoing and the fact that the parties have amicably resolved all their disputes, no useful purpose would be served by continuing with the FIR. Accordingly, FIR No. 25/2010 under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC registered at P.S. Nanak Pura and all the consequential proceedings arising out of the same are hereby quashed. Bail bonds of the petitioners are cancelled and their sureties are discharged. The petition stands disposed of NOVEMBER 25, 2011 akb M.L. MEHTA,J

$-2 + % IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI CRL.M.C. 3547/2011 GAURAV MALnC & ORS Through: Petitioner Petitioners No. 1 to 3 in person with Mr.Rajinder Gulati, Advocate. versus STATE & ANR Respondent Through: Ms. Jasbir Kaur, APP with 10 Inspector Seema Singh, P.S. Nanak Pura. Respondent No. 2 in person with counsel Sh.Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.L. MEHTA