Mohinder Jindal & Ors v. State & Ors

ORDER

20.10.2011 .. Respondents 'inod IMalhotra, Adv. for R-2 ma, APP

¶1This is a petition filed by the petitioners for quashing of FIR no.322/2011, under Section 420/34 IPG registered by P.S. Janak Puri.

¶2The ground for quashing of the aforesaid FIR is that a compromise has been arrived a; between the petitioners and the respondent no.2/complainant on account of which the petitioners r Section 138 of the Negotiable em against the respondent no.2. ues in respect of which the case 8 of Negotiable Instruments was have withdrawn the case unde i Instruments Act instituted by th i The amount of those two cheq was instituted under Section ? 55 lacs each.

¶3The respondent no.2 has agreed to co-operate with the I Certify that the digital and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. <3 petitioners in quashing of the aforesaid FIR.

¶4The petition is supported by the affidavit of all the three petitioners who are present in Court and are duly identified by their counsel. So far as the respondent no.2 is concerned, he is also present and has been identified by his counsel.

¶5Since the dispute is essentially private in nature and stands settled, I feel that no useful purpose would be served by keeping the aforesaid FIR and the consequent investigations pending.

¶6Accordingly,; subject to the petitioners depositing a sum of ?15,000/- each with Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee, the FIR no.322/2011, under Section IPC registered by P.S. Janak Puri and the consequent investigations stand quashed. Costs has been imposed on the petitioners because time of the;investigating agency has been wasted by getting the matter registered which essentially had the trappings of civil nature.

¶7The petitioners and the respondent no.2 are directed to file the original receipt of the deposit of the aforesaid amount with the

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¶8The petition stands disposed of. OCTOBER 20,2011/RN V.K. SHALI,J

$'v34 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3498/2011 % MOHINDER JINDAL & ORS Petitioners Through I^r.Sumit Sarna, Adv. versus STATE & ORS Through l^irA l^r.Sunil Shar CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.K. SHALI