25 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRLM.C. 3173/2010 & CrLM.A. No.15981/2010 SUNIL KUMAR & ORS. Petitioners Through : I^r. Sharda Verma, Adv. with petitioners in person. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. Respondents Through : I^r. IM.N. Dudeja, APP for State, l^s. IMamta, Adv. for R-2 with Respondent No.2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE I^S. JUSTICE HliviA KOHLI ORDER % 04.10.2010 \ 1. The present petition is filed by the petitioners under Section 482 Cr.P.C. praying inter alia for quashing of FIR No.217/2008 lodged by the respondent No.2/compiainant, against her husband, petitioner No.l, and his family members, petitioners No.2 & 3, under Sections 406/498A/34 IPC with PS Najaf Garh, Delhi and all proceedings arising therefrom. 2. Counsels for both the parties state that after lodging of the aforesaid FIR, with the intervention of the i^latrimonial Lok Adalat, the parties have arrived at a settlement, in terms of which both of them have now started residing together along with their two children. CRL M.C. 3173/2010 page 1 of 3 Digitally Signed By:AMULYA Certify that the digital file and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. Signature Not Verified 3. The respondentNo.2/complainant,who is present in person and^ represented through counsel, confirms the fact that the aforesaid settlement dated 17.5.2009 was arrived at by her before the Matrimonial Lok Adalat of her own free will and volition and without any undue influence or coercion from any quarters, and now she is left with no grievance against the petitioners and is living with her husband along with their two children without any further incident of harassment caused by any of the petitioners. 4. The petitioner No.l, who is also present in the Court, assures the <j Court that he and his family shall not give any cause for grievance to the respondent No.2/complainant on account of dowry demands or harassment. 5. Learned APP for the State, on instruction from the 10, confirms the fact that the parties have arrived at a settlement before the Matrimonial Lok Adalat, and now the petitioner No.l and the respondent No.2/complainant are living together along with their two children. He, therefore, does not oppose the prayer made in the 41^ present petition. 6. Having regard to the aforesaid submission made by the counsel for the petitioners and taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner No.l and the respondent No. 2/complainant are now CRL M.C. 3173/2010 page 2 of 3 cohabiting at their matrimonial residence, no useful purpose will be served by proceeding further with the aforesaid FIR and the proceedings arising therefrom. 7. Accordingly, the prayer made in the petition is allowed and the FIR No.217/2008 lodged by the respondent No.2/complainant with PS Najaf Garh, Delhi and all proceedings arising therefrom stand quashed. 8. The petition is disposed of along with the pending application. File be consigned to the record room. HIMA KOHLI,J OCTOBER 04, 2010 sk CRL.M.C. 3173/2010 page 3 of 3