Ravi Verma And ORS v. The State Of NCT Of Delhi And ANR
$~53 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 6250/2025 RAVI VERMA AND ORS.
.....Petitioners Through:
Mr.
Karan Kathayat, Advocate alongwith petitioners in person versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.
.....Respondents Through:
Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for the State with SI Dinesh Kumar, P.S. Nand Nagri, Delhi and Ms. Pragati Gupta, Advocate Ms. Zeba Khair, Ms. Tanu Priya Jaiswal and Mr. Vinay Mishra, Advocates for R-2 alongwith R-2 in person
CORAM:
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA
O R D E R
% 15.10.2025 CRL.M.A. 30859/2025 (early hearing) 1.
By way of the instant application, the applicant seeks early hearing of the above-captioned petition.
2.
For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same stands allowed and the case is taken up for hearing today itself. 3.
Application stands disposed of.
CRL.M.C. 6250/2025 4.
By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR bearing no. 416/2020 dated 04.07.2020, registered at Police Station Nand The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
Nagri, Delhi, for commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/323/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter 'IPC') and its consequential proceedings.
5.
Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 6.
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 Nand Nagri, Delhi.
7.
Brief facts of the present case are that the marriage between petitioner no.1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 17.02.2016 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies at Community Center, Jyoti Colony, Shahdara, Delhi. A male child, namely, Yakshit was born out of the said wedlock. Due to temperamental differences and incompatibility, the parties started living separately since 19.05.2018. It is stated that on the complaint of respondent no. 2, the present FIR was registered at the concerned Police Station against the petitioners under the relevant sections. During pendency of the case, both the parties had dissolved their marriage vide judgment dated 20.01.2025 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court (North), Rohini Courts, Delhi and had obtained decree of divorce by way of mutual consent from the concerned Court. It is stated that the custody of the minor child shall remain with respondent no. 2.
8.
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 now been amicably settled between the parties. It is further stated that a Demand Draft bearing No.866886 dated 13.10.2025 drawn on Punjab National Bank, The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
Sector-9, Rohini, Delhi-110085 and Demand Draft bearing No. 276199 dated 14.10.2025, drawn on State Bank of India, Burari, Delhi in the sum of ₹12,00,000/- and ₹6,00,000/- respectively, have been handed over by the petitioners to respondent no. 2 in the Court today towards the full and final settlement for her present, past and future claims regarding her maintenance and the maintenance of her minor child, alimony and stridhan. Respondent no. 2 further states that she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 9.
Furthermore, the learned counsel for the petitioners informs that the affidavits showing the protection of interest of minor children mandated by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in judgment titled as Ganesh vs. Sudhirkumar Shrivastava: (2020) 20 SCC 787, have been filed before this Court and the same are on record.
10.
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. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question. 11.
Accordingly, FIR bearing no. 416/2020 dated 04.07.2020, registered at Police Station Nand Nagri, Delhi, for commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/323/34 and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.
12.
In view of above, the present petition stands disposed of. 13.
The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J OCTOBER 15, 2025/ns The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.