CRL.M.C./1204/2018 of HAR MANPREET SINGH & ORS Vs THE STATE & ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+CRL.M.C. 1204/2018 & Crl. M.A. no. 4418/2018

HAR MANPREET SINGH & ORS..... PetitionersThroughMr. Charanjit Singh, Adv.ThroughMr. Charanjit Singh, Adv.

versus

THE STATE & ANR..... Respondents

ThroughMr. M.S. Oberoi, APP with ASIKhushi Ram, P.S. KhyalaRespondent no. 2 in personKhushi Ram, P.S. KhyalaRespondent no. 2 in person

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. PATHAK

O R R%15.03.2018

Notice. Learned APP accepts notice. Respondent no.2 Ms. ParveenKaur is present in Court and accepts notice. She has been identified by ASIKhushi Ram of police station Khyala.Respondent no. 2 admits havingsettled the matter with petitioner no. 1 of her own free will, voluntarily andwithout any undue force, pressure or coercion. Respondent no. 2 submitsthat her marriage with the petitioner no.1 has already been dissolved by adecree of divorce by mutual consent dated 10[th]January, 2018 passed by theFamily Courts, West District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi. Petitioner no. 1 haspaid `50,000/- to the respondent no. 2, vide demand draft, photocopywhereof has been placed on record. Respondent no. 2 says that entire settled

amount of `2,00,000/- stands paid with this payment and she has noobjection in case FIR is quashed against the petitioner no. 1 and his relative,that is, petitioner no. 2. Affidavit of respondent no. 2 is also on record.

Keeping in mind the facts and circumstances as detailed above, moreparticularly, the fact that marriage of petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2has already been dissolved by decree of divorce by mutual consent, in theinterest of justice, FIR No.577/2015 under Sections 498-A/406/34 IPCregistered at Police Station Khyala and the consequent proceedingsemanating therefrom are quashed.

Petition is disposed of in the above terms. Miscellaneous applicationis disposed of as infructuous. Dasti.

MARCH 15, 2018r.bararia

A.K. PATHAK, J.