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JYOTI SINGH
Deepak Verma – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Jyoti Singh, J. (Oral)
1. This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No.1047/2014 dated 10.11.2014, under Sections 354/354A/354D/506/509 IPC registered at PS Mandawali, Delhi including all proceedings arising therefrom, predicated on a settlement arrived at between the parties.
2. It is stated in the petition that with the passage of time and due to the intervention of the relatives, common friends and families of Petitioner and Respondent No.2, the inter se disputes between the parties have been amicably settled and Terms of Settlement have been incorporated in a Settlement Deed dated 30.03.2022, copy of which has been filed with the petition.
3. Petitioner is present in Court and has been identified by his counsel. Respondent No.2 appears virtually through video conferencing and is identified by the IO Sanjeev Kumar, PS Mandawali.
4. Respondent No. 2 states that since the matter has been amicably settled between the parties, she has no objection to the FIR being quashed. In view of the settlement between the parties, learned APP for the State also has no objection if the present FIR is quashed albeit he submits that the trial stands conclud
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