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2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 10505

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI


+ CRL.M.C. 2944/2026


MANOJ KUAMR & ORS. .....Petitioners

versus

STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents


Through: Petitioners with their counsel

Through: Mr.Manoj Pant, APP for the State along with SI Upendra Pandey.

R-2 with her counsel Mr S. S. Rajore, Advocate.


CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA


O R D E R

% 20.04.2026

1. By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR bearing No. 482/2022, registered at Police Station New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC') and all consequent proceedings emanating therefrom.

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

3. All the petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) concerned from Police Station New Ashok Nagar, Delhi.

4. Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 07.07.2019, in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies. It is stated that no child was born out of the said wedlock. It is stated that due to temperamental differences which had arisen between the petitioners and respondent no. 2, they started living separately since 16.02.2020. Further, upon a complaint filed by respondent no. 2, the present FIR was registered against the petitioners. It is stated that the parties have now amicably settled their dispute vide Mediation Settlement dated 05.08.2025, arrived at before the Delhi Mediation Centre, Karkardooma Courts, 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. She further states that she has received an amount of Rs.2,00,000/- by way of a Demand Draft bearing No.089201, dated 13.03.2026, drawn on Bank of Baroda. 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. 482/2022, registered at Police Station New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

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

9. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith.

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