In Brief
Satish Sharma and Deepak Bhardwaj, injured persons in an assault case, challenged the Delhi High Court's order quashing criminal proceedings (FIR for hurt and criminal intimidation). The dispute concerned a landlord-tenant property matter that had been settled through a Deed of Compromise, signed by all parties including the injured persons, with compensation of Rs. 25 lakhs paid. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that the High Court properly exercised Section 482 Cr.P.C. powers to quash proceedings where the underlying dispute was essentially civil (landlord-tenant), genuinely settled by compromise, and continuation would be futile.
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