JUDGEMENT

ANOOP KUMAR MENDIRATTA, J (ORAL)

1. Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘Cr.P.C.’) has been preferred on behalf of the petitioners for quashing of FIR No. 464/2020, under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC registered at P.S.: Ashok Vihar and proceedings emanating therefrom.

2. Issue notice. Learned APP for the State and learned counsel for respondent No.2 alongwith respondent No.2 in person appear on advance notice and accept notice.

3. In brief, as per the case of the petitioners, marriage between petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 was solemnized according to Hindu rites and ceremonies on 31.08.2017. No child was born out of the wedlock. Due to temperamental differences, respondent No.2 and petitioner No.1 started living separately since July, 2018. On the complaint of respondent No.2, present FIR was registered on 12.11.2020.

4. The disputes are stated to have been amicably settled between the parties vide Settlement Deed dated 17.12.2022. The marriage between petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 has been dissolved by decree of divorce by way of mutual consent under Section 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act vide judgment dated 30.11.2