The High Court of Delhi quashed FIR No. 232/2014 under Sections 498A, 406, and 34 IPC after the complainant appeared in court, affirmed that the issue is settled, and joined the prayer.
FIR No. 232/2014 and proceedings therefrom were quashed.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
$~47.
..... Petitioner
Through: Mr. Avtar Singh, Adv.
versus
THE STATE & ANR.
..... Respondent
Through: Mr. Rajesh Mahajan, ASC with Mr. Peeyush Bhatia, Adv for State
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPIN SANGHI
O R D E R % 01.03.2017
At the outset, counsel for the petitioner states that there is a typographical error qua the name of the petitioner. The said error has been corrected by the counsel today in court under his initials.
The petitioners have filed the present petition seeking quashing of FIR No.232/2014 registered on the complaint of the complainant under Sections 498A/ 406/ 34 IPC against the petitioners at Police Station Vikas Puri.
The complainant is present in Court. She states that the parties are living together happily and that the matter has been settled. The complainant states that she has not been subjected to any pressure or coercion and that she has entered the settlement out of her own free will. The complainant
further states that she joins the prayer for quashing of the FIR in question. Accordingly, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding further with the FIR in question and the proceedings emanating therefrom. The same are hereby quashed.
Dasti.
VIPIN SANGHI, J
MARCH 01, 2017
sr
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the FIR under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC can be quashed in light of the injury of the complainant.
GURPREET SINGH
THE STATE
VIPIN SANGHI
As recorded by the court registry
A constitutional writ petition in a criminal context, most commonly habeas corpus or a challenge to an FIR or detention order.
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
