Sh Sukhvinder Pal And ORS v. State Govt Of NCT Of Delhi And ANR
$~18 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4488/2025 SH SUKHVINDER PAL AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:
Ms. Ravinder Kaur and Mr. Surinder Singh, Advocates along with petitioners.
versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through:
Mr. Rajkumar, APP for the State with SI Ashish Yadav, P.S. Khayala.
Mr. Sarabjeet Singh, Advocate for R-2 along with R-2.
CORAM:
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA
O R D E R
% 22.07.2025 1.
By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR bearing no. 0957/2023, registered at Police Station Khayala, Delhi, for commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter 'IPC').
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All the petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Khayala, Delhi.
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Brief facts of the present case are that the marriage between petitioner no.1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 18.01.2015 according to Sikh rites and ceremonies at Delhi. One child namely Harpreet Kaur was born on The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
20.11.2016 out of their wedlock. Due to temperamental differences, parties started living separately since January, 2021. It is stated that on the complaint of respondent no. 2, the present FIR was registered at the concerned Police Station. During pendency of the case, both the parties had amicably settled their disputes vide Settlement Deed dated 14.05.2024 and had obtained decree of divorce, by way of mutual consent, before the concerned Court.
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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. It is also stated by respondent no.2 that the entire dispute has been amicably settled between them vide Settlement Deed dated 14.05.2024. Respondent no. 2 further states that she has received the remaining settled amount of Rs. 4,00,000/- by way of Demand Draft bearing No. 747140 drawn on Punjab National Bank, Tilak Nagar, Delhi. 5.
The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the affidavits showing the protection of interest of minor child as per the judgment titled as Ganesh vs. Sudhirkumar Shrivastava: (2020) 20 SCC 787 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court have been filed and the same are on record. The respondent no.2 herein states that she has signed the Settlement deed having understood that she has no visitation rights of the minor child. 6.
In view of the above fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences 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. 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. 7.
Accordingly, FIR bearing no. 0957/2023, registered at Police Station Khayala, Delhi, for commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.
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In view of above, the present petition stands disposed of. 9.
The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J JULY 22, 2025/zp The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.