Ishwar Dev Rambahadur Singh and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Search terms: quashing of FIR / C.R.; criminal writ petition Bombay High Court; matrimonial dispute FIR quashing; Sections 498A, 377, 406, 323, 506, 504 r/w 34 IPC; Dowry Prohibition Act Sections 3 and 4; Kandiwali/Kandivli (W) Police Station; amicable settlement between husband and wife; dissolution of marriage by mutual consent; Consent Terms before Mediator; complainant's affidavit consenting to quash; 'No Objection' by informant; no charge-sheet filed; consensual quashing of crime; prayer clause (I). Relevant when arguing quashing of a matrimonial-disputes FIR on the strength of a settlement and the informant's express consent/no-objection.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed in terms of prayer clause (I), i.e., quashing of C.R. No.0171 of 2024 registered with Kandiwali (W) Police Station, Mumbai (text of prayer clause (I) is not reproduced in the judgment; relief described from context).