-' ! * HN 1I'1HilE 1HIHG1HI COlUR1I' OJF ])JEJLJHIH A 1I' NJEW ])JEJLJHIH + CRL.MC 978/2011 Malkhan Singh & Ors. . .... Petitioners Through Mr. Mukesh Sharma, Advocate along. with petitioners in pes ron. versus STATE (NCT ofDelhi) & Anr. . ..... Respondent Through Mr. Pawan Bahl, APP for State Ms. Kuldeep Anand, Advocate for R-2 CORAM: 1HION'JBJLJE MS. JlUS1I'HClE MlUK1I' A .GU!P1I' A OR])JER 28.03.2011 This is a petition under Section 482 Cr:P.C for quashing a complaint case bearing no.T-344/2006 pending in the Court of Shri Deepak Wason, Metropolitan Magistrate, Rohini, Delhi. In the said case, the learned Magistrate vide. its order dated 13th March, 1990, summoned the Petitioners for offences under Sections 147/148/149/323/442 IPC. the Petitioner No.3 Shri Vivek died on 11th July, 2008 and thus the Petitioners No.1, 2, 4 and 5 are facing trial. The Respondent no.2 is present in person along with his counsel. It is submitted by the Complainant/ Respondent No.2 that the parties are living in ·IJ 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 ' ' '- 2 the neighbourhood, are distinctly related to each other and in view of the fact that the pendency of this complaint and the FIR lodged against the complainant and others being FIR No.29 of 1988 at police station Narela, New Delhi was· causing agony, the parties amicably resolved their differences with the intervention of the Village Panchayat and he does not want to proceed with the above complaint case. He states that the FIR registered against him and other the instance of Petitioner No.2 ·Shri Basant Kumar has. already been quashed by this Court vide order· dated 1st June, 2010 in Crl. Mic.s. Case No.1914 of20JO. The parties have amicably resolved their differences with the intervention of village panchayat. The complaint lodged against respondent no.2 and his other relatives i.e. FIR No.29 of 1988 and the proceedings pursuant thereto have already been quashed by this Court, however, the complaint case no.T -344 of 2006 filed by respondent no.2/complainant against the petitioners is still pendmg. The alleged incident is of the ·year 1988 a:nd the cognizance on the was taken in the year 1999. Because of this complaint case already 21 years of time of the Court has· been lost without the trial proceeding. The parties have entered . into a settlement of their own free will, and coercion and there is no legal impediment in quashing the complaint. In the interest ofjustice, the . c_;. complaint case no.T-344/2006.and the proceedings pursuant.thereto pending before the Court of Shri Deepak Was on, Metropolitan Magistrate, Rohini, Delhi are hereby quashed. Since both the parties have dragged the litigation for more than 23 years, thus misutilizing valuable time ·of the Court for this period, the complaint case bearing number T -344/2006 is hereby quashed subject to payment ofRs.5,000/- each to be paid by the Petitioners No.1,2, 4 and 5 and respondent no.2. to the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee within four weeks from today: The parties, duly identified by their respective counsels, have signed the order sheet in acknowledgment of. their statement made above. The Petition stands disposed of. Order dasti. I I M1UK'F A G llW'I A, J MAJRCH 28, 20H.