The High Court of Delhi quashed FIR No.384/2016 registered under Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003, due to a voluntary settlement and submission of a NOC by the respondent, thereby disposing of the petition as settled.
FIR No.384/2016 ordered quashed; proceedings ensued therefrom also quashed.
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KULDEEP SINGH & ORS ..... Petitioners Through Mr. Jagjeet Singh Arya, Adv.
versus
STATE (NCT OF CELHI) & ANR ..... Respondents Through Ms. Rajni Gupta, APP for the State Mr. Sunil Fernandes, Standing Counsel for respondent no. 2
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. PATHAK
O R D E R % 17.01.2018
Counsel for the respondent no. 2 has not disputed that the matter has been settled between the petitioners and respondent no. 2, inasmuch as settled amount has already been received by the respondent no. 2. ‘NOC’, issued by the respondent no. 2, has also been filed as Annexure P-3. Respondent no. 2 has no objection in case the FIR is quashed.
Keeping in mind the settlement arrived at between the petitioners and respondent no.2 voluntarily, in the interest of justice, FIR No.384/2016 under Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act (Amend), 2003 registered at police station Malviya Nagar and the consequent proceedings emanating
therefrom are quashed.
Petition is disposed of in the above terms. Miscellaneous application
is disposed of as infructuous. Dasti.
A.K. PATHAK, J.
JANUARY 17, 2018 r.bararia
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the FIR should be quashed given the settlement between the petitioners and the second respondent.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
KULDEEP SINGH & ORS
STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR
A.K. PATHAK
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