$~70 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 412/2026 KESHAV & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vikrant, Mr. Vimal Sharma and Mr. Inderjeet Basoya, Advocates alongwith petitioners in person versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel for the State Mr. Abhishek Kumar and Mr. Tapish Aggarwal, Advocates for R-2 alongwith R-2 in person CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 04.02.2026 CRL.M.A. 3818/2026 (exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. Application stands disposed of.

W.P.(CRL) 412/2026

3. By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR bearing no. 153/2024, registered at Police Station Kotla Mubarakpur, Delhi for the commission of offence punishable under Sections

498A/406/354/377/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter „ IPC ‟).

4. The petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present and have been identified by their counsels and concerned Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Kotla Mubarakpur, Delhi.

5. Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 04.12.2022 as per Hindu rites and customs at New Delhi. No child was born out of the said wedlock. After some time, due to certain disputes and temperamental differences, both the parties could not reside with each other and since 20.09.2023, petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 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 Memorandum of Understanding dated 19.08.2025.

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 she has received Demand Draft bearing No. 337718 in the sum of Rs.4,50,000/-, drawn on Bank of Baroda, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi towards the remaining settled amount. 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 out 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. 153/2024, registered at Police Station Kotla Mubarakpur, Delhi for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/354/377/34 of IPC 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 FEBRUARY 04, 2026/ns/

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