$~79 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 8956/2025 DEEPAK KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Petitioners (through VC) with their counsel versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for the State along with SI Vikram Singh. R-2 (through VC) with her counsel CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 16.12.2025 CRL.M.A. 37400/2025 (exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. Application stands disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 8956/2025

3. By way of the present petition, the petitioners are seeking quashing of FIR bearing no. 699/2021, registered at Police Station Welcome, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC’) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (hereafter ‘DP Act’).

4. The petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court through video conferencing and have been identified by their counsels and concerned Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Welcome, Delhi.

5. Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 26.07.2013 as per the Hindu rites and customs at Arya Samaj Mandir and were living with each other. After some time, due to different lifestyles and temperamental differences, both the parties could not reside with each other and have started living separately from each other. Thereafter, on the complaint of respondent no.2, the present FIR was registered against the petitioners under the relevant sections. It is stated that both the parties have amicably settled the present matter vide Compromise Deed dated 14.01.2025, entered between them.

6. On a query made by this Court, respondent no.2 who has been identified by the concerned IO, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. It is also stated by respondent no. 2 that the entire dispute has been amicably settled between the parties as they are residing together since August, 2024. Respondent no. 2 further states that she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed.

7. In view of the above fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences of their own free will, without any coercion and no useful purpose will be served by continuing the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them. It would thus be in interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question.

8. Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 699/2021, registered at Police Station Welcome, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC and Section 4 of the DP Act and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

9. In view of the above, the present petition stands disposed of.

10. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith.

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J DECEMBER 16, 2025/A/AP