Manoj Kumar & ORS. v. State NCT Of Delhi & ANR.

$~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 5481/2025 MANOJ KUMAR & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Ms. Kumud Kumari, Advocate along with petitioners-in-person.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with SI Naresh Kumar, PS khyala.

Respondent no. 2-in-person.

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 14.08.2025 CRL.M.A. 23462/2025 (exemption) 1.

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2.

Application stands disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 5481/2025 3.

By way of present petition, the petitioners are seeking quashing of FIR bearing no. 152/2019, registered at Police Station Maidan Garhi, Delhi for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter 'IPC').

4.

The petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsels and concerned Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Maidan Garhi, Delhi. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

5.

Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that on 05.03.2014, the marriage between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized at Delhi. One child was born out of the said wedlock. However, due to temperamental difference between the parties, petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 started living separately since 01.09.2022. On the complaint of respondent no. 2, the present FIR was registered against the petitioners. However, with the intervention of the family members, the parties have amicably settled their disputes vide Settlement Deed dated 30.11.2024, entered between them.

6.

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 further stated that she has received the last and final amount of Rs.1,00,000/- vide Demand Draft No. 278278 drawn on Union Bank and therefore, she has no objection if the FIR is quashed. Both the parties also undertake that the future rights of the minor child will not get affected as per the judgment titled as Ganesh vs. Sudhirkumar Shrivastava, (2020) 20 SCC 787 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

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 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. 152/2019, registered at Police Station Maidan Garhi, Delhi for the offences punishable under Sections The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

9.

In view of the above, the present petition stands disposed of. 10.

The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J AUGUST 14, 2025/zp The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.