Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 2058 Bom
Judgement Date : 1 February, 2021
Judgment 1 apl914.18.odt
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY,
NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR.
CRIMINAL APPLICATION (APL) NO. 914/2018
1] Smt. Shobha Nitin Sharma,
Aged about 30 years, Occ. Nil
2] Shri Nitin Rajendra Sharma,
Aged about 33 years, Occ. Service
3] Shri Rajendra Swardin Sharma,
Aged about 56 years, Occ. Service
4] Smt. Surekha Rajendra Sharma,
Aged about 54 years, Occ. Nil
All R/o. Defense Qtr. No. 9/52/3,
Wadi, Nagpur City, Nagpur
.... APPLICANT(S)
// VERSUS //
The State of Maharashtra,
Through Police Station Officer,
Wadi Nagpur City, Nagpur
Dist. Nagpur
.... NON-APPLICANT
___________________________________________________________________
Ms. S.B. Khobragade, Advocate for the applicant(s)
Shri N.S. Rao, APP for the non-applicant
___________________________________________________________________
CORAM : Z.A.HAQ & AMIT B. BORKAR, JJ.
DATED : 01/02/2021
ORAL JUDGMENT : (PER:- AMIT B. BORKAR, J.)
1] Heard.
2] RULE. Rule made returnable forthwith. ANSARI Judgment 2 apl914.18.odt 3] This is an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure challenging registration of F.I.R. No. 143/2012 for the offences
punishable under Sections 498-A and 34 of the Indian Penal Code with the
non-applicant no. 1 - Police Station. The first information report came to be
registered against the applicant nos. 2 to 4 with the accusations that the
applicant nos. 2 to 4 physically and mentally harassed the applicant no. 1.
Pending the investigation, the applicants have amicably resolved their
dispute. The applicant no. 1 is the wife, the applicant no. 2 is the husband
and applicant nos. 3 and 4 are the father and mother of the applicant no. 2.
4] During the pendency of the present application, the parties have
arrived at amicable settlement before the Civil Judge Senior Division,
Nagpur. The terms of settlement between the applicant nos. 1 and 2 have
been placed on record at page 74. The applicants have made categorical
statement in the present application that they have amicably resolved their
dispute which has been affirmed by the applicant no. 1 - wife.
5] In view of the amicable settlement arrived at between the
applicant nos. 1 and 2 that they will put an end to all the disputes pending
between them and shall withdraw all the proceedings filed against each
other, no purpose will be served in proceeding with the trial pending before
ANSARI
Judgment 3 apl914.18.odt
the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Nagpur. Taking into consideration
the nature of the offences alleged against the applicant nos. 2 to 4 which are
personal in nature, we are satisfied that the first information report
registered against the applicant nos. 2 to 4 deserves to be quashed and set
aside.
6] Hence, the following order:-
F.I.R. No. 143/2012 registered with the non-applicant no. 1 -
Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A
and 34 of the Indian Penal Code against the applicant nos. 2 to
4 is quashed and set aside.
Rule is made absolute in the above terms.
JUDGE JUDGE ANSARI
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