Puneet Bhati & ORS. v. The State (NCT Of Delhi) & ANR.

$~94 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1070/2025 PUNEET BHATI & ORS.

....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Nitin Mehta, Advocate versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Rajkumar, APP for the State with IO SI Mohit Complainant in person (appeared through VC)

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 20.03.2025 CRL.M.A. 4851/2025 (exemption) 1.

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2.

Application stands disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 1070/2025 3.

By way of present petition, petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 0208/2019, registered at Police Station Timarpur, Delhi for the offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter 'IPC').

4.

Issue notice. Mr. Rajkumar, the learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State.

5.

Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 21.04.2015, according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. It is stated that no child was born out of the said wedlock. It is stated that due to the temperamental differences, the parties started residing separately since November, 2018. It is further stated that on the complaint of respondent no. 2 before the CAW Cell, New Delhi, the present FIR got registered at Police Station Timarpur, Delhi and chargesheet was filed. Thereafter, with the intervention of the Court, both the parties had amicably settled all their disputes and differences before the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi and it was inter-alia settled between the parties that petitioner no. 1 shall pay a sum of Rs. 33,00,000/- to the respondent no. 2 as full and final settlement amount.

It is also stated that the petitioner no. 1 has already paid the total settled amount to respondent no. 2. It is also stated that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 had been dissolved as per Hindu law. In view of the settlement, the present petition has been filed. 6.

The parties are present before this Court in person today and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer concerned. 7.

Today, the complainant who is present in Court states that she has received all amounts due to her and has no objection, if the FIR is quashed. 8.

In view of the above facts that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will and without any coercion and also the fact that the present matter is a family matter, I am of the opinion that no useful purpose will be served by continuing the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them. Hence, it would be in the interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. Moreover, there is no legal impediment in quashing the The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

FIR in question.

9.

Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 0208/2019, registered at Police Station Timarpur, Delhi for the offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed. 10.

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

The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J MARCH 20, 2025/ns Click here to check corrigendum, if any The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.