IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S).89 OF 2025 (ARISING OUT OF S.L.P. (CRIMINAL) NO(S).8599/2024)

VANDNA RANI APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS SANDEEP POPLI RESPONDENT(S)

O R D E R

1. Leave granted.

2. A Settlement Agreement dated 1^st October, 2024 duly signed by the appellant, her son, the respondent and their respective learned counsel, is placed on record. The Settlement Agreement is also signed by the learned Mediator appointed by the Supreme Court Mediation Centre.

3. It is an admitted position that the main condition of settlement regarding the payment of a sum of Rs.19,00,000/- (Rupees Nineteen Lakh) by the respondent to the appellant has been complied with. In fact, it is an accepted position that in terms of the settlement, the parties applied for dissolution of marriage before the competent Court and a decree of divorce under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 has been passed.

4. What remains is the quashing of the pending proceedings between the parties.

5. Accordingly, we pass the following order:

(i) Maintenance Application No.105/2019 pending before the Signature Not Verified Family Court at Sirsa, Haryana, is disposed of in the light Digitally signed by ASHISH KONDLE Date: 2025.01.15

19:04:50 IST Reason: of the settlement; and (ii) FIR No.1127 dated 13^th November, 2018 registered at Police Station – City Sirsa and the proceedings initiated on the basis of the same are hereby quashed in the light of the settlement.

6. We record our appreciation for the reasonable stand taken by the parties as well as by their respective learned counsel for putting an end to the matrimonial dispute. The role played by the learned Mediator is also appreciated.

7. The Appeal is, accordingly, disposed of.

..........................J.

(ABHAY S. OKA)

..........................J.

(UJJAL BHUYAN)

NEW DELHI;

JANUARY 07, 2025.

ITEM NO.16 COURT NO.5 SECTION II-B S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS PETITION(S) FOR SPECIAL LEAVE TO APPEAL (CRL.) NO(S). 8599/2024 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 10-04-2024 in CRR(F) No. 508/2024 passed by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh]

VANDNA RANI Petitioner(s)

VERSUS SANDEEP POPLI Respondent(s)

[MEDIATION REPORT RECEIVED]

(IA No. 140735/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 07-01-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN For Petitioner(s) Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.

Mr. Rahul Khurana, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Jairaj Singh, Adv.

Mr. Vaibhav Niti, AOR Mr. Divyanshu Agrawal, Adv.

Ms. Madhavi Agrawal, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Leave granted.

The Appeal is disposed of in terms of the signed order.

Pending application stands disposed of accordingly.

(ASHISH KONDLE) (AVGV RAMU)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)

[THE SIGNED ORDER IS PLACED ON THE FILE]