IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR QUASHING & SET ASIDE FIR/ORDER) NO. 11530 of 2024 ==========================================================

PRATIKBHAI VINODBHAI BAXI & ORS.

Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR. ANANTANAND J SINGH(10046) for the Applicant(s) No. 1,2,3,4 MR. PARTH Y RAVAL(9535) for the Applicant(s) No. 1,2,3,4 MR. KULDEEP D VAIDYA(7045) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 MS. ASMITA PATEL, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL K. VYAS Date : 05/03/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. By way of filing the present application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicants-accused have prayed to quash and set-aside the First Information Report No.11216002240014 of 2024 registered with the Mahila Police Station, District - Gandhinagar, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 354A, 504 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and under Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, so also all other consequential proceedings arising pursuant thereto.

2. Today, when the matter is called out, the complainant, who is personally present before this Court, has produced her identity proof as well as the affidavit, which are ordered to be taken on record. In the said affidavit, the complainant has categorically stated that the dispute between her and the applicants-accused has been amicably resolved and there is no ill-will or any grievance amongst them.

3. Considering the issue involved in the present application as well as considering the fact that the dispute has been amicably resolved between the parties, with the consent of the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties, the present application is taken up for final disposal.

4. RULE returnable forthwith. Learned APP Ms. Asmita Patel waives service of notice of rule for and on behalf of the respondent no.1 – State and learned advocate Mr. Kuldeep D Vaidya waives service of notice of rule for and on behalf of the respondent no.2 – complainant.

5. The complainant, who is personally present before this Court, has categorically stated that the dispute has been amicably resolved between the parties and she has no objection if the application is allowed and the impugned FIR is quashed and set-aside.

6. The relevant paragraphs of the affidavit filed by the complainant – Himani d/o Nileshbhai Kapadia w/o Pratik Baxi, read thus:

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3. That, thereafter with intervention of the well- wishers and trusted persons of the society which took place in the Month of January-2026, the applicants and present Respondent No. 2 have reached to an amicable settlement and the same is reduced into a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U) dated 02.10217 which is duly executed by the petitioner and present Respondent No. 2 before the Notary Public. Copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U) dated 02/02/26 executed between Applicants and Respondent No. 2 is annexed hereto and marked as Annexure "A". That, the settlement is arrived between the applicants and Respondent No. 2 to end the proceedings for better future relation and to remove ill-will towards each other and therefore the present Respondent No. 2/Orig. Complainant is hereby filing this affidavit giving consent to quash the F.I.R. lodged against the present applicants by way of F.I.R. No. 11216002240014/2024 with the Mahila Police Station, Gandhinagar and that further I have no objection if all consequential proceedings may be quashed and set-aside which is arising from the impugned F.I.R. No. 11216002240014/2024 which is registered by the Mahila Police Station, Gandhinagar.

4. That, in the M.O.U, it is agreed between applicants and present deponent that both the parties will be filing mutual divorce petitioner as per section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act and that both the parties will co- operate each other in mutual divorce pr