2022 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 39795
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 27TH DAY OF MAY, 2022
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. NAGAPRASANNA
WRIT PETITION No.2786 OF 2022 (GM-RES)
BETWEEN:
SRI GOPAL PRASAD CHAURASIA
S/O GANESH PRASAD
AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS
PRESENTLY WORKING AS
STATION MASTER
YESHWANTHPUR RAILWAY
STATION, YESHWANTHPUR
BENGALURU 3 560 022.
... PETITIONER
(BY MS.GEETA R.SHINDHE, ADVOCATE FOR
SRI RAJENDRA DESAI, ADVOCATE)
AND:
1.
SMT.YASHODA CHAURASIA
W/O SRI GOPAL PRASAD
CHAURASIA
AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS.
2.
KUM. ANUBHAV ANAND
S/O SRI GOPAL PRASAD
CHAURASIA
AGED ABOUT 20 YEARS.
3.
KUM. ARNAV ANAND
S/O SRI GOPAL PRASAD
CHAURASIA
AGED ABOUT 13 YEARS.
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(RESPONDENT NO. 3 IS MINOR
AND BEING RESPONDENT BY
HIS NATURAL GUARDIAN MOTHER)
ALL ARE RESIDING AT NO.64
GROUND FLOOR
2ND CROSS, K.R.LAYOUT
J.P.NAGAR, 6TH PHASE
BENGALURU 3 560 078.
... RESPONDENTS
(BY SMT.RAJESHWARI B.R., ADVOCATE)
THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND
227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA READ WITH SECTION 482 OF
CR.P.C.,
PRAYING
TO
QUASH
THE
MEMORANDUM
OF
SETTLEMENT
DTD.
11.04.2018
ENTERED
BETWEEN
THE
PETITIONER
AND
THE
RESPONDENT
IN
CRIMINAL
MISC
NO.219/2017 VIDE ANNEXURE-A AND CONSEQUENTLY SET ASIDE
THE ORDER DTD. 11.04.2018 PASSED IN CRIMINAL MISC NO.
219/2017 BY THE HON9BLE METROPOLITAN MAGISTRATE TRAFFIC
COURT-V, BENGALURU OF DISMISSING THE CASE AS BEING
SETTLED ANNEXURE-B AND ETC.,
THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY
HEARING IN 8B9 GROUP THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE
FOLLOWING:
Petitioner in the subject petition seeks for the following
prayer:
<A.
Quash
the
memorandum
of
settlement
dated
11.04.2018 entered between the petitioner and the
respondent
in
Criminal
Misc.No.219/2017
vide
Annexure 8A9 and consequently, set aside the order
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dated
11.04.2018
passed
in
Criminal
Misc.No.219/2017
by
the
Hon9ble
Metropolitan
Magistrate Traffic Court 3 V, Bengaluru of dismissing
the case as being settled 3 ANNEXURE 8B9.
B. Quash proceeding in Criminal Misc.No.138/2019,
pending on the file of Hon9ble Metropolitan Magistrate
Traffic Court 3 V, Bengaluru 3 ANNEXURE 8E9.
C. To restore the Criminal Misc.No.219/2017 on the file of
MMTC-V and to direct the Hon9ble Metropolitan
Magistrate Traffic Court 3 V, to proceed with the
proceedings in Criminal Misc.No.219/2017 from the
stage where it was dismissed and permit the
petitioner to defend the proceedings in Criminal
Misc.No.219/2017 3 ANNEXURE 8B9.
D. Grant any other relief which this Hon9ble Court deems fit
in the facts and circumstances of the case.=
2. Heard Ms. Geeta R. Shindhe, learned counsel for the
petitioner and Sri Rajendra Desai, learned counsel for the
respondents.
3. Brief facts of the case leading to the filing of the petition
as borne out from the pleadings are as follows:
The petitioner and the first respondent get married on
03.07.1998. On their relationship turning sore, first and the
second respondents herein initiate proceedings under Section 12
of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
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(for short 8the Act9), in Crl.Misc.219/2017. In the proceedings, a
compromise was entered into between the petitioner and the
respondents and the proceedings under the Act were terminated
on account of such settlement arrived at on 11.04.2018.
4. The terms of settlement read as follows:
< Memorandum of Settlement under Section 89 read
with Rules 24 and 25 of the Karnataka Civil Procedure
(Mediation) Rules, 2005.
I. The petitioner have filed the above petition, under section 12
of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
against the Respondent seeking maintenance and against
the Domestic Violence.
II. The aforesaid petitioner was referred to mediation for
resolving the dispute between the parties. During the course
of mediation 1st petitioner9s parents, respondent along with
their respective counsel have participated in the mediation
proceedings and have resolved the dispute and have agreed
for REUNION on the following terms and conditions:
1. The 1st petitioner and the respondent admit that
their marriage was performed on 03.07.1998 at BTI
in Bhurkunda Post, Hazaribagh (DT), Bihar State,
Jharkhand, as per the Hindu customs and rituals.
2. Both the 1st petitioner and the respondent state that
they have two children the 2nd and 3rd petitioner
herein by name Anubhav Anand, aged about 11
years respectively.
3. Due to the differences they were living separately
and there was no conjugal relationship between the
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1st Petitioner and the Respondent since more than
one year.
4. During the course of mediation, the 1st petitioner and
the
Respondent,
the
1st
petitioner
and
the
respondent have agreed to resume the conjugal
relationship and lead a happy married life.
5. The respondent has agreed to join the petitioners at
their matrimonial home.
6. The 1st petitioner and the Respondent undertake
that they will equally shower love and affection
towards each other. The respondent is employed in
Railways, as such the respondent shall visit the
petitioners once in a week and take care of the
family.
7. The respondent has agreed to pay a sum of
Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand Only) being
the arrears of maintenance passed by this Hon9ble
Court by way of demand draft at the time of
reporting this settlement before the Hon9ble Court.
8. The respondent has agreed to pay every month a
sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand
Only) to the bank account of the 1st petitioner bearing
account No.50100163021742 maintained at HDFC
Bank, Jayana