$~117 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 284/2026 & CRL.M.A. 2776/2026 RISHI GOYAL & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Shreya Mitra, Ms. Anuradha Mitra and Mr. Raghav Mishra, Advocates with petitioners in person. versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, SC with Mr.

Aryan Sachdeva, Advocate.

Ms. Prabha and Mr. Sourabh Saini, Advocates for R2 with R2 in person.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 28.01.2026

1. Issue notice. Mr. Sanjay Lao, learned Standing Counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Ms. Prabha, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 2 – complainant.

2. The petitioners have filed this petition seeking quashing of FIR No. 170/2022 dated 25.02.2022, lodged at Police Station Farsh Bazar, District Shahdara, New Delhi, under Sections 498A/406 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], alongwith consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the ground of settlement.

3. Petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 were married on 01.11.2017. One child was born from the wedlock on 14.09.2018. However, due to matrimonial discord and temperamental differences, they have been living sepa