Lt. Cdr Rishabh Verma & ORS. v. State Of NCT Of Delhi & ANR.

$~60 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1312/2026 LT. CDR RISHABH VERMA & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Ms. Nancy Jain and Mr. Sharanjit Singh Wadhwa, Advs.

versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, APP for the State Mr. Sachin Dhingra, Mr. Punya Bajaj, Mr. Aakash Mitra, Mr. Vrishabha Jinendra and Ms. Namita Advocates for R-2 alongwith R-2 in person

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 17.02.2026 CRL.M.A. 5296/2026 (exemption) 1.

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2.

Application stands disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 1312/2026 3.

By way of the present petition, the petitioners are seeking quashing of FIR bearing no. 216/2025, registered at Police Station Najafgarh, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter 'IPC').

4.

The petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court in person and have been identified by their counsels and concerned The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Najafgarh, Delhi. 5.

Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 02.03.2024 as per the Hindu rites and customs and were living with each other. No child was born out of the wedlock. After some time, due to different lifestyles and temperamental differences, both the parties could not reside with each other and since 23.08.2024, 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.

6.

It is stated that both the parties have amicably settled the present matter vide Compromise Deed, dated 01.09.2025, entered between them. 7.

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 and that she has received an amount of ₹12,00,000/- vide Demand Draft bearing No. 052124 dated 28.01.2026 drawn on Canara Bank, Rajaji Marge, Kashmir House Branch, New Delhi towards remaining payment as per settlement. Respondent no. 2 further states that she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 8.

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. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question. 9.

Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 216/2025, registered at Police Station Najafgarh, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

10.

In view of the above, the present petition stands disposed of. 11.

The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J FEBRUARY 17, 2026/rr/Gj The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.