Rajiv Bhoj & ORS. v. State NCT Of Delhi And ANR

$~14 & 18 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4917/2025 RAJIV BHOJ & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Shailesh Kumar and Mr. Deepak Pathak, Advocates versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, APP for the State.

Ms. Geeta Dhingra, Advocate for the complainant.

(18) + CRL.M.C. 5153/2022 SMT KRISHNA BHOJ AND ANR .....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Shailesh Kumar, Advocate versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Ms. Amisha Dahiya, Advocate Ms. Geeta Dhingra, Advocate for the complainant.

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 18.11.2025 1.

By way of the present petitions, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

bearing no. 307/2016, registered at Police Station Rajinder Nagar, Delhi for the commission of offence 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 Rajinder Nagar, Delhi. 4.

Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 in CRL.M.C. 4917/2025 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 13.07.2015, as per the Hindu rites and ceremonies at Delhi. No child was born out of the said wedlock. It is stated that respondent no. 2 started living separately since December, 2015. Due to matrimonial differences which had been arisen between the parties, respondent no. 2 had filed a complaint which culminated into the present FIR against the petitioners under the relevant sections. It is further stated that with the intervention of friends and family, both the parties have now amicably settled their dispute before Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre vide Settlement Agreement dated 23.02.2024, entered between them. It is stated that the parties have also taken divorce by way of mutual consent from the concerned Court.

5.

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. Therefore, she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed.

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6.

The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners has handed over a Demand Draft bearing no. 463037, drawn on Induslnd Bank for an amount of Rs.20,00,000/- to respondent no. 2, in the Court today in both the cases. 7.

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 the interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question. 8.

Accordingly, FIR bearing no. 307/2016, registered at Police Station Rajinder Nagar, Delhi for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

9.

In view of the above, the present petitions stand disposed of. 10.

The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J NOVEMBER 18, 2025/zp/r The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.