MANJU GOEL
MALKIAT SINGH – Appellant
Versus
STATE – Respondent
( 1 ) -THE petition seeks quashment of proceedings before the crime Against Women Cell, North East District in case No. V-2 arising out of the complaint of the respondent No. 2 Smt. Virender Kaur. The proceedings before the Crime Against Women Cell culminated into an FIR and thereafter into a charge-sheet. Accordingly, the; Court now has to consider whether the fir and the charge-sheet can be quashed.
( 2 ) THE grounds for making the prayer are precisely two namely- (1) No part of the alleged offence took place in Delhi and therefore neither the Delhi police nor the Delhi Courts can have jurisdiction in the matter; (2) For the same offence an FIR was registered earlier which was compromised between the parties and therefore the new complaint/fir/charge sheet cannot be maintainable.
( 3 ) I take the second objection first as it relates entirely to fact. The comp a int as is available in the FIR bearing No. 249/. 2002 dated 25. 4. 2002 Police station Rohini can be restated in brief as under: the respondent No. 2 married the petitioner on 13. 12. 93. Three months after the marriage, the husband and other members of the family namely the present petitioners started taunt
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