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SURESH KUMAR KAIT
Satyam Khanna – Appellant
Versus
State NCT Of Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Suresh Kumar Kait, J. - The hearing has been conducted through video conferencing.
1. By this petition, petitioners are seeking quashing of FIR No.274/2016, under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, registered at police station Geeta Colony, Delhi and the proceedings emanating therefrom.
2. Notice issued.
3. Mr. Izhar Ahmed, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for State accepts notice and submits that respondent No.2 is present through video conferencing and she has been identified as the complainant of FIR in question by the Investigating Officers of this case, who are also present through video conferencing.
4. With the consent of the parties, the present petition is taken up for final hearing.
5. The marriage between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2 was solemnized on 14.10.2015 and due to temporal differences, the marriage could not work and they started living separately since 14.12.2016. The dispute between the parties culminated into the FIR in question.
6. The present petition has been filed on the ground that the parties have amicably settled their dispute in terms of Settlement-Agreement of 09.12.2019 arrived at Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre. It is stated
The central legal point established in the judgment is that an amicable settlement and dissolution of marriage can be grounds for quashing an FIR under relevant sections of the IPC.
Amicable settlement in matrimonial disputes can lead to quashing of FIRs under IPC when no useful purpose would be served by ongoing proceedings.
The central legal point established in the judgment is the court's authority to quash FIR and consequent proceedings when the dispute between the parties has been amicably resolved through a Settleme....
The central legal point established in the judgment is that an amicable settlement of a matrimonial dispute, resulting in the grant of a decree of divorce, can be a valid ground for quashing the FIR ....
The central legal point established in the judgment is that the court may quash an FIR and consequent proceedings if the parties have amicably settled their dispute and complied with the terms of the....
Court can quash FIR under IPC when parties amicably settle their disputes, confirming resolution by mutual agreement.
The main legal point established is that the amicable resolution of a marriage dispute and the granting of a divorce decree can influence the court to quash the FIR and consequent proceedings.
Proceedings can be quashed when parties amicably resolve disputes post-FIR, emphasizing the significance of mutual settlement in matrimonial cases.
Court quashed FIR due to amicable settlement of matrimonial disputes, indicating that continued legal proceedings served no purpose.
Sought for quash of FIR - Amicable Settlement between parties - Dispute between the parties has been amicably resolved, this Court is inclined to quash FIR in question, as no useful purpose would be ....
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