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Court decides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delhi High Court: <\/strong>Mukta Gupta, J., decided whether a settlement of parties wherein an accused and his family members who subjected his wife to harassment due to which the wife committed suicide can be accepted or not?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By the present petition, 5 petitioners sought quashing of an FIR under Sections 498A, 304B, 34 Penal Code, 1860 on the ground that the parties have settled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the above-noted FIR, respondent 2 had stated that his daughter got married to petitioner 1 who was unemployed and this his parents used to bear the expenses. After the marriage, the in-laws of his daughter started demanding dowry though nothing was demanded at the time of the marriage and respondent 2 had performed the marriage as per his capacity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later the daughter was harassed by her husband, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and two nieces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One day, respondent 2 got a phone call that his daughter had committed suicide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the pendency of the investigation, petitioners and respondent 2 entered into a memorandum of understanding and as per the terms of the settlement, the parties entered into a settlement without any coercion and without any transfer of money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even respondent 2 agreed that he had no claim and grievance against the petitioners and will cooperate in the quashing petition preferred before this Court as also make sincere efforts in getting the petitioners released on bail and that no grudges were left between the parties.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Analysis, Law and Decision<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">High Court cited the Supreme Court decision in <em>Parbatbhai Aahir v. State of Gujarat<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/6BR4h9Yi\">(2017) 9 SCC 641<\/a>, wherein it was clearly held that where serious and grave offences are involved, the quashing of FIR cannot be allowed on the basis of the compromise. Broad principles were also laid down in respect of the inherent power of the High Court to quash the first information report or the criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench held that in the present case, a woman committed suicide within five months of her marriage due to harassment caused by the husband and his family members and the offences punishable under Section 304-B IPC were not only grave and heinous but an offence against the society actuated by the social evil of demand od dowry, therefore needs deterrence nad cannot be quashed on the basis of settlement arrived between the accused and complainant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the above discussion, the petition was dismissed. [Dalbir Singh v. State GNCT of Delhi, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/ILd4H6C8\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine Del 5449<\/b><\/a>, decided on 17-12-2021]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Advocates before the Court:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">For the Petitioner:<\/span> Vikrant Chowdhary, Pradeep Chowdhary, Advocates (through VC)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">For the Respondent:<\/span> Kamna Vohra, ASC for the State with Inspector Hari Singh, P.S. 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