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ShareNEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Manoj Prabhakar and his wife Sandhya on Tuesday arrived at an amicable settlement in the dowry harassment case filed by the latter after a Delhi court assisted them in working out the compromise.
Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar called both the parties in his chamber following the submissions made by the counsels of the two sides requesting the judge to help them in arriving at a compromise.
The court, after listening to the parties, directed Manoj to transfer the entire basement in a Greater Kailash property and a house in Kalkaji in favour of his wife.
It further asked Manoj to pay Rs 15 lakhs to his wife within six months as a full and final settlement amount, which both the parties consented to.
Sandhya consented to relinquishing her rights in favour of Prabhakar relating to all other immovable properties.
Manoj and Sandhya also agreed on quashing of the criminal proceedings instituted against each other and withdrawing of all complaints and litigations pending between them.
Sandhya had lodged an FIR accusing Manoj of dowry harassment, criminal breach of trust and bigamy in August.
In her FIR, Sandhya had accused Manoj of beating her and her teenaged son and demanding more money for running three companies floated jointly by them.
Earlier, the counsel for Sandhya, Sunil Mittal had submitted before the court that an amount of Rs 10 lakhs was offered by Prabhakar in addition to a house, which was not an adequate settlement amount.
He further said Sandhya was the Director of one of the three companies floated jointly by them and was holder of 9,000 shares of that company as well and hence, the settlement amount should be in proportionate to her standard of living.
On this, Ranjeet Kapoor, counsel for Manoj, had requested the judge to anchor the parties in the settlement.
Sandhya, in her FIR, had alleged she had brought dowry including a car, jewellery and cash, on the demand of her in-laws.
However, in 2001, Manoj started living with one Farheen leaving Sandhya and their son without any financial support, she had complained.
