DELHI HIGH COURT: QUASHED FIR RELATED TO ALTERATION; PLANT 10 TREES, FILE STATUS REPORT WITH PHOTOS EVERY YEAR FOR A DECADE

The Delhi High Court in the case Sachin @ Joginder Singh v. State Govt Of NCT Of Delhi & Ors observed and has directed the accused to plant 10 trees each of indigenous variety in the vicinity of their residence, in consultation with the Investigating Officer. Thus, the court quashed the FIR related to an altercation.

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The bench headed by Justice Jasmeet Singh in the case observed and has asked the IO for getting in touch with the concerned Horticulture Department of the MCD and indicate the area, where the trees are to be planted and that the trees need not be in one cluster but can be in parks, boundary walls etc, wherever the concerned department deems it fit and proper.

The court stated that the plantation process shall be carried within the period of 4 weeks.

In the present case, the FIR was registered under section 308, section 452, section 341, section 506, section 323, section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the court quashed the same after the parties compromised the matter.