PUNEET CHOHAN AND & ORS.  Vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
% Date of decision: January 12, 2021
+ CRL.M.C. 69/2021
PUNEET CHOHAN AND & ORS. ….. Petitioners
Through: Mr. Tarun Verma, Advocate

Versus

STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. ….. Respondents
Through: Mr. Izhar Ahmed, Additional
Public Prosecutor for
respondent No.1/ State with
SI Sanju & SI Yashpal,
Crime Against Women Cell,
Nanakpura
Respondent No. 2/
complainant in person

CORAM:
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURESH KUMAR KAIT

JUDGMENT (ORAL)
The hearing has been conducted through video confer encing.
1. Vide the present petition, petitioners are seeking quashing of
FIR No.75/2016, under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, re gistered at
Crime Against Women Cell, Nanakpura, New Delhi and all other
proceedings arising therefrom.
2. Notice issued.
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3. Mr. Izhar Ahmed, learned Additional Public Prosecut or for
State accepts notice and submits that respondent No .2 is present
through video conference and she has been identifie d as the
complainant of FIR in question by the Investigating Officer of this
case, who is also present through video conferencin g.
4. With the consent of the parties, the present petiti on is taken
up for final hearing.
5. The marriage between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2
was solemnized on 10 th December, 2005 and due to temporal
differences, the marriage could not work and they s tarted living
separately since 10 th August, 2013. The dispute between the parties
culminated into the FIR in question.
6. The present petition has been filed on the ground t hat the
parties have amicably settled their dispute in term s of Settlement-
Agreement of 8 th August, 2017. It is stated that joint petition und er
Section 13 (1) (ia) and Section 13 B(2) under the Hindu Marriage
Act, 1955 has been allowed by the learned Principal Judge, Family
Court, Tis Hazari Court, Delhi and decree of divorc e has been
granted on 14 th March, 2019.
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7. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that th e terms of
Settlement-Agreement of 8 th August, 2017 have been acted upon
and the balance amount of Rs.3,00,000/- has been pa id to
respondent No.2/complainant.
8. Keeping in view that the dispute between the partie s has been
amicably resolved, this Court is inclined to quash the FIR in
question, as no useful purpose would be served in c ontinuing with
the proceedings arising out of the present FIR.
9. For the reasons afore noted, FIR No.75/2016, under Sections
498A/406/34 IPC, registered at Crime Against Women Cell,
Nanakpura, New Delhi and consequent proceedings ema nating
therefrom are quashed.
10. The petition is accordingly allowed and disposed of .
11. The order be uploaded on the website of this Court forthwith.

(SURESH KUMAR KAIT)
JUDGE
JANUARY 12, 2021
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