$~54 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 531/2026 SH. YOGESH@RINKU & ANR. ....Petitioners Through: Mr. Umesh Kumar, Advocate with petitioners in person.

versus THE STATE (N.C.T. OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anand V Khatri, ASC (Crl) for State with SI Parents Pannu, P.S. New Usmanpur.

Counsel (appearance not given) for R-

2 and R-2 in person.

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 13.02.2026

1. By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR bearing No. 0205/2024, registered at Police Station New Usmanpur, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC') and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (hereafter ‘DP Act’) and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of settlement arrived at between the parties.

2. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State.

3. The petitioner and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO)

concerned, Police Station, New Usmanpur, Delhi.

4. Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between the petitioner no. 1 and the respondent no. 2 was solemnized at Delhi on 21.02.2019, in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies. It is stated that one child was born out of the said wedlock and is in the custody of respondent no. 2. It is stated that due to various differences, disputes and issues had arisen between the petitioners and the respondent no. 2. Upon the complaint by respondent no. 2, the present FIR came to be registered against the petitioners. It is stated that with intervention of the family and friends, the parties have now amicably settled their dispute vide Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 22.03.2025 executed at Delhi Mediation Centre, Tis Hazari Court, Delhi.

5. On a query made by this Court, respondent no. 2 who has been identified by the IO, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. Therefore, she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed.

6. In view of the above, that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will, and without any coercion, 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.

7. Accordingly FIR bearing No. 0205/2024, registered at Police Station New Usmanpur, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and Section 4 of the DP Act and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed subject to the future rights of he minor child shall not get affected as per the judgment titled as Ganesh vs. Sudhirkumar Shrivastava: (2020) 20 SCC 787 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court.

8. The petition stands disposed of.

9. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith.

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J FEBRUARY 13, 2026/vc/gj