Smt Sumathi v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 482 CrPC; quashing of FIR; Crime No. 86/2022; East Zone Women Police Station Bengaluru; 498A, 326, 354(A)(4), 504, 506 r/w 34 IPC; Sections 3 and 4 Dowry Prohibition Act; matrimonial dispute; settlement before Family Court; C.C.No.32717/2022 quashed; petition dismissed as infructuous; Karnataka High Court; Justice Ravi V Hosmani; CRL.P No. 5750 of 2022.
What did the court decide?
Taking on record the Memo filed by learned counsel for petitioners (recording settlement between complainant and accused before the Family Court and quashing of proceedings in C.C.No.32717/2022), the Court dismissed the petition as having become infructuous. ¶42