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DINESH KUMAR SHARMA
Mahesh Kumar Batra – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Dinesh Kumar Sharma, J. (Oral)
1. The present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed on behalf of the petitioners seeking quashing of the FIR bearing No. 586/2015 registered at Police Station Jagatpuri, Delhi for offences punishable under Sections 354/323/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
2. Factual matrix of the case is that Petitioners are the Brothers-in-law of respondent no. 2/complainant. The FIR was lodged on the statement of Ms. X wherein she alleged that she had gone to drop her sister at her matrimonial home wherein the petitioners misbehaved and molested her. The said alteration led to the registration of the FIR. Investigation into the present matter is complete and the chargesheet has also been filed. The matter is pending before the learned Trial Court.
3. Learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that during the pendency of the proceedings, with the intervention of common friends and well-wishers, the parties have amicably settled and compromised all the disputes, misunderstanding between them and have arrived on the compromise deed dated 23.04.2022.
4. The compromise deed dated 23.04.2022 reads as follows:
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In personal disputes, if matters are settled amicably, a quietus should be put, and the court may quash ongoing criminal proceedings based on such settlements.
The court established that FIRs can be quashed when disputes are settled amicably, particularly in personal and matrimonial matters.
The power to quash criminal proceedings can be exercised to prevent abuse of the process of law and to secure the ends of justice, especially in cases where the possibility of conviction is remote an....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that in cases of matrimonial disputes and offences with a predominantly civil nature, the possibility of conviction being remote and bleak, and the....
The court has the power under section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash proceedings when a settlement between parties would lead to better relations and no useful purpose is likely to be served by allowing a crim....
Point of Law : Inherent power of the High Court has a wide ambit and plenitude it has to be exercised; (i) to secure the ends of justice or (ii) to prevent an abuse of the process of any court.
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