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DELHI HIGH COURT
SURESH KUMAR KAIT
Ujjwal Chauhan – Appellant
Versus
NCT of Delhi – Respondent
The hearing has been conducted through video conferencing.
1. Quashing of FIR No. 766/2016, under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, registered at police station Malviya Nagar, New Delhi is sought in this petition.
2. Notice issued.
3. Mr. Izhar Ahmed, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1/State accepts notice and submits that petitioners and respondent No.2 are present through video conference and they have been identified by the Investigating Officer of this case, who is also present through video conferencing.
4. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the present petition is taken up for final hearing and disposal.
5. Petitioner No.1 is the husband, petitioners No.2 & 3 are the parents in law and petitioners No.4 & 5 are the sister in laws (nanad) respondent No.2/complainant. Marriage between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2 was solemnized on 12.12.2013. However, due to constraint relationship, they started living separately, which culminated into registration of FIR in question.
6. The present petition has been filed on the ground that the matrimonial dispute between the parties has been amicably resolved in terms of Memora
The Court can quash an FIR if the underlying matrimonial dispute has been amicably resolved, affirming the principle that continuation of proceedings serves no purpose when parties are satisfied with....
The central legal point established in the judgment is the court's authority to quash FIR and proceedings under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC when the matrimonial dispute has been amicably resolved and no....
Court quashed FIR due to amicable settlement of matrimonial disputes, indicating that continued legal proceedings served no purpose.
A matrimonial dispute resolved through a compromise deed justifies quashing the related FIR when the complainant expresses no remaining grievance.
Amicable settlement in matrimonial disputes can lead to quashing of FIRs under IPC when no useful purpose would be served by ongoing proceedings.
The court may quash an FIR in matrimonial disputes if the parties have amicably settled their issues and no grievances remain.
The court can quash an FIR under IPC sections concerning matrimonial disputes when parties reach an amicable settlement, rendering further prosecution purposeless.
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....
The court can quash FIR and consequent proceedings if the parties have amicably settled their dispute and are living together peacefully.
The amicable settlement of a matrimonial dispute, as evidenced by a Memorandum of Understanding-cum-Compromise Deed and the affirmation of the complainant, can be a basis for quashing FIR and proceed....
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