$~92 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 981/2026 & CRL.M.A. 3865/2026 SANAY @ SANAY KATARIYA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Aman Singh, Mr. Sandeep Singh, Mr. Shashikant, Advocates with petitioners.

versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP with SI Parveen.

Mr. Nitin Kumar, Advocate for R2 with R2.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 05.02.2026

1. Issue notice. Mr. Hitesh Vali, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Mr. Nitin Kumar, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 2 – complainant.

2. By way of the present petition, the petitioners have approached this Court 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. 918/2021 dated 30.12.2021, registered at Police Station New Usmanpur, District North East, New Delhi, for offences punishable under Sections 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], read with Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 [“DP Act”], on the basis of an amicable settlement arrived at bet