Aasif Mohd. v. The State (NCT Of Delhi) & ANR.

$~44 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3043/2025 & CRL.M.A. 13517/2025 AASIF MOHD.

.....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Sumit Bansal, Mr. Mayank Sharma, Mr.

Dhaneshwari and Mr. Manoj, Advocates with Petitioner in person versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Shoaib Haider, APP for the State with SI Vikram Singh, SI Lal Chand Ms. __, Counsel for R-2 (appearance not given) R-2 in person

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

O R D E R

% 29.08.2025 1.

Petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as 'B.N.S.S.') has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner for quashing of FIR No. 0251/2022 registered under Sections 323/341 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as 'IPC') at P.S. Shahabad Dairy and all the proceedings emanating therefrom in terms of the Settlement Deed dated 25.04.2025.

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Issue Notice.

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Mr. Shoaib Haider, learned APP appearing on advance Notice, accepts Notice on behalf of the State. Learned Counsel for the Respondent The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

No. 2, accepts Notice.

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Brief facts of the case are that the marriage was solemnized between Petitioner and Respondent No. 2 on 19.10.2019, according to Muslim rites and ceremonies and no child was born out of the said wedlock. Due to temperamental issues, the Petitioner/husband and the Respondent No. 2 started living separately since 03.04.2022.

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It is further submitted that the Complainant lodged the FIR No. 0251/2022 registered under Sections 323/341 IPC at P.S. Shahabad Dairy. 6.

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

It is stated that the Petitioner and the Respondent No. 2 have amicably settled all the disputes and differences between them and arrived at Settlement vide Settlement Deed dated 25.04.2025. 8.

In the Settlement Deed dated 25.04.2025, it was inter alia settled between the parties that the Respondent No. 2/wife and the Petitioner shall dissolve their marriage as per Muslim rituals. It is stated that the Petitioner shall pay a sum of Rs.4,20,000/- towards full and final settlement of all the claims of the Respondent No. 2/wife, in three instalments. 9.

It is also stated that the Petitioner shall pay first instalment of Rs.1,25,000/- to Respondent No. 2, at the time of withdrawal of Domestic Violence Petition. The second instalment of Rs.1,00,000/- shall be paid to the Respondent No. 2, at the time of withdrawal of Maintenance Petition. The third instalment of Rs.2,00,000/- shall be paid at the time of quashing of aforesaid FIR.

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It is stated that the Petitioner has already paid the two instalments of Rs.2,25,000/- to the Respondent No. 2, which is acknowledged by the The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

Respondent No. 2. The remaining balance amount of Rs.2,00,000/- has been paid today by way of RTGS, which is accepted by the Respondent No. 2. 11.

It is also stated that the marriage between the Petitioner and the Respondent No. 2, had been dissolved by taking Khulla on 27.05.2024 and the document in support of divorce is placed on record. 12.

In view of the Settlement Deed dated 25.04.2025, the present Petition has been filed.

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The parties have endorsed the amicable settlement and accepted the terms thereof voluntarily. The parties have undertaken to remain bound by the terms of the Settlement. The parties have submitted that all the disputes have been amicably settled vide Settlement Deed dated 25.04.2025 and thus, no fruitful purpose will be served in continuing with the FIR. 14.

Today, the Respondent No. 2/wife, who is present in the Court, states that she has received all amounts due to her and has no objection if the FIR is quashed.

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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, no useful purpose will be served in continuing with 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. 16.

Moreover, there is no legal impediment in quashing the aforesaid FIR in question.

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Accordingly, FIR No. 0251/2022 registered under Sections 323/341 IPC at P.S. Shahabad Dairy and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

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The Petition alongwith pending Application, stands disposed of. NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J AUGUST 29, 2025 N The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.