Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI First Appeal No. 199 of 2009 Raj Kumar ..........Appellant Vrs. Parvati Devi ...... Respondent ------ CORAM: HONBLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HONBLE MRS. JUSTICE JAYA ROY ------ For the Appellant: Mr. Sumeet Gadodia, Adv. For the Respondent: Mr. K.K. Singh, Adv. ------ Dated 18th June, 2013. Today in W.P.(Cr.) No.47 of 2013, the criminal proceedings initiated after lodging of FIR by the respondent- wife being Hathauri P.S. Case No. 27/2007, dated 2.7.2007 for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 379, 34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rosera in the district of Samastipur (Bihar) has been quashed by a separate order. Learned counsel for the appellant handed over a demand draft of Rs. 4 lacs to learned counsel for the respondent-wife which has been accepted on behalf of respondent-wife and her daughter by the learned counsel for the respondent-wife. Learned counsel for respondent-wife may submit duly signed receipt obtained from the respondent-wife of said draft and may also submit a report within a period of four weeks. In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this appeal is dismissed in the light of the fact that the matter has been settled between the parties in relation to permanent alimony of Rs.5 lacs which has been paid by the appellant- husband to respondent-wife . (Prakash Tatia,C.J.) (Jaya Roy, J.) Sudhir