$~121 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 531/2026 SIDDHARTH AND ANOTHER .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Shobhit Gupta, Advocate with petitioners in person.

versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI ) AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP with SI Rajesh.

Ms. Parul Rohatgi, Advocate for R-2 with R-2 in person.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 21.01.2026

1. Issue notice. Ms. Priyanka Dalal, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the State, and Ms. Parul Rohatgi, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 2. The petition is taken up for disposal with the consent of learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”] (corresponding to Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [“CrPC”]) seeking quashing of FIR No. 182/2020 dated 02.04.2020, lodged at Police Station Paschim Vihar, East, Delhi, under Sections 498A/406/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], on the ground of settlement.

3. The FIR was registered at the instance of respondent No. 2, who was the wife of petitioner No. 1. Petitioner No. 2