Hon’ble High Court has dismissed a petition in the case of VINAY KUMAR v GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR stating that crude settlements are not acceptable, as it will send a wrong signal to the society.
BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE
This application was made under Section 482 of the code of Criminal procedure, 1973 for Quashing of F.I.R. No. 1299/2015 under Sections 354(A)/354/506/34 of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Shalimar Bagh, District North-West, Delhi, is sought on the basis of settlement reached between the parties.
As per this application a settlement has been made between the parties thus FIR should be quashed.
DECISION OF THE COURT
Honourable Court held that since the allegations levelled against petitioner are of outraging the modesty of a woman and the incident in question has not been explained. Trial Court’s order of 9th February, 2018 simply records that settlement has been arrived at between the parties. Such crude settlements are not acceptable, as it will send a wrong signal to the society.
Court further held that it is not a fit case to quash the F.I.R. in question on the basis of such crude settlement.
Read the full Judgement Here-
http://lobis.nic.in/ddir/dhc/SUG/judgement/22-01-2019/SUG22012019CRLMM1742019.pdf
