2015 INSC 0689
                                                          NON REPORTABLE

               IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
         CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

               CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1239 OF 2015
(Arising out of SLP(Crl.)No.6370 of 2015)

VISHAL MAHAJAN                                  ... APPELLANT(S)
                                         VS.  ... RESPONDENT(S)

STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS.

                          J U D G M E N T

ANIL R. DAVE, J.

1. Though served, nobody appears for the respondent-
wife.
2. Leave granted.
3. Upon perusal of the impugned order, we find that a
statement had been made by the petitioner-husband with
regard to settlement among the parties.
4. Looking at the facts of the case, the direction
regarding the cost awarded i.e. Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty
thousand) shall stand deleted as the statement made by the
petitioner-husband before the High Court was correct.

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5. The appeal is disposed of as allowed to the above
extent.

                       ..............J.
                          [ANIL R. DAVE]

                        ................J.
                       [ADARSH KUMAR GOEL]

New Delhi;
21st September, 2015.

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