Varun Sharma & ANR. v. State NCT Of Delhi & ANR.

$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 7028/2025 VARUN SHARMA & ANR.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Harish Pandey, Mr. Ajit Kumar Bhardwaj, Mr. Anshuman Tiwari and Ms. Aishwarya Rai, Advocates versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for the State with Ms. Pragati Gupta, Advocate, SI Dinesh Kumar Tyagi, P.S. Kashmere Gate and SI Sikha, P.S. Keshavpuram

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 15.10.2025 CRL.M.A. 29513/2025 (exemption) 1.

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2.

Application stands disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 7028/2025 3.

By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR bearing no. 679/2022, registered at Police Station Keshav Puram, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter 'IPC') and the proceedings arising therefrom. 4.

Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 5.

All the petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Keshav Puram, Delhi.

6.

Brief facts of the present case are that the marriage between petitioner no.1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 01.12.2019 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. No child was born out of the said wedlock. It is stated that due to temperamental differences, dispute had arisen between the petitioners and respondent no. 2, and the petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 had started living separately. It is further 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. However, during pendency of the case, both the parties had amicably settled their disputes vide Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 16.12.2024 and had obtained decree of divorce by way of mutual consent, from the concerned Court.

7.

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 she has received a sum of ₹1,00,000/- by way of a Demand Draft bearing No.000185 drawn on Bank of India, Delhi, in the Court today. Therefore, it is stated that she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 8.

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 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question. 9.

Accordingly, FIR bearing no. 679/2022, registered at Police Station Keshav Puram, Delhi, for commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC, and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

10.

In view of above, the present petition stands disposed of. 11.

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.