Meena Joshi v. the State
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court quashed the FIR and proceedings arising from an order passed by a Metropolitan Magistrate, relying on the principles laid down in Gian Singh regarding compoundable offences and amicable settlements.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of FIR No. 218/2018 and proceedings emanating therefrom.
What the court decided
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- IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
- CRL.M.C. 1648/2022 & CRL.M.A. 7046/2022
MEENA JOSHI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Satish Tamta, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Shariq Iqbal and Ms. Manavi Joshi, Advocates. versus THE STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP for the State with Mr. Piyush Bansal, Mr. Amit Garg, Mr. Vishal Bhardwaj, Mr. Paripoorn, Mr. Raj Ratnam Nagar, Ms. Taha Munim Bhat, Mr. Ankit Kumar Singh, Advocates. SI Vishal, D-6151, PS Mayur Vihar Phase-I
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
O R D E R % 13.09.2024
- Petitioner has approached this Court seeing quashing of the Order dated 29.08.2019, passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Karkardooma Courts, in FIR No.218/2018, dated 15.06.2018, registered at Police Station Mayur Vihar Ph-I, for offences under Sections 289 IPC. The Petitioner also seeks quashing of the abovementioned FIR.
- It is stated that the parties agreed for compounding the offence before the learned Metropolitan Magistrate on 29.05.2024. The said Order reads as under:
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the FIR and proceedings should be quashed on account of an amicable settlement between the parties?
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Meena Joshi
- respondent
The State
Coram
Subramonium Prasad
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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