Mr Iqbal Singh & ORS. v. State NCT Of Delhi And ANR
$~9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4863/2025 MR IQBAL SINGH & ORS.
.....Petitioners Through:
Mr. Aman Panwar, Mr. Abhinav Kumar, Mr. Piyush Wadhwa and Ms.
Rishika Choudhary, Advocates along with petitioners-in-person.
versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through:
Mr. Rajkumar, APP for the State with SI Vikrant Singh.
Mr. Namandeep Singh, Advocate for R-2.
CORAM:
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA
O R D E R
% 29.07.2025 1.
By way of the present petition, the petitioners are seeking quashing of FIR bearing no. 0181/2019, registered at Police Station Hari Nagar, Delhi for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter 'IPC').
2.
Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 3.
The petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court in person. They have been identified by their counsels and concerned Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Hari Nagar, Delhi. 4.
Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that the marriage between The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 21.01.2018 as per the Sikh rites and customs and were living with each other. No child was born from their wedlock. After some time due, to different lifestyles and temperamental differences, both the parties could not reside with each other and since 20.12.2018, petitioner no. 1 and the respondent no. 2 started living separately from each other. Thereafter, due to temperamental differences between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2, respondent no. 2 got registered the FIR against the petitioners under the relevant sections. It is stated that both the parties have amicably settled the present matter vide Settlement Agreement dated 17.08.2024.
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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. Respondent no. 2 further states that she has received the last and final payment of Rs. 2,00,000/- vide Demand Draft No. 000167 drawn on HDFC Bank and has no objection if the present FIR is quashed.
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In view of the above fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences 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. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question. 7.
Accordingly, FIR bearing no. 0181/2019, registered at Police Station Hari Nagar, Delhi for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed. 8.
In view of the above, the present petition stands disposed of. 9.
The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J JULY 29, 2025/zp The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.