Sumanshu Ashta ORS. & ORS. v. State Of NCT Of Delhi ANR.
$~73 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 7305/2025 & CRL.M.A. 30667/2025 SUMANSHU ASHTA ORS. & ORS.
.....Petitioners Through:
Mr Arun Kumar Gupta , Ms Sakshi Sharma, Advocates for P-1 to P-4.
versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.
.....Respondents Through:
Mr. Shoaib Haider, APP for the State with SI Rajani Yadav.
Ms. Pooja Marwaha, Advocate for R-2.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA
O R D E R
% 14.10.2025 1.
A Petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed on behalf of the Petitioners seeking quashing of FIR No.102/2022 dated 01.06.2022 under Section 498A/354A/406/34 IPC registered at Police Station Mandir Marg, New Delhi. 2.
Brief facts of the case are that the marriage was solemnized between petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 on 20.01.2020 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. Due to temperamental differences between the parties, the parties started residing separately.
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It is further submitted that on 01.06.2022, on the complaint of Respondent No.2, an FIR bearing No. 102/2022 under Sections 498A/354A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 got registered at Police Station Mandir Marg.
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It is stated that with the intervention of the family and friends all the disputes and differences inter alia settled between the parties vide The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
Memorandum of Settlement dated 14.08.2025 and it is agreed that the respondent No. 2/wife and the petitioner No. 1/husband shall dissolve their marriage by decree of mutual consent. It is stated that petitioner No. 1/husband shall pay a sum of Rs. 45,00,000/- to the respondent No. 2/wife towards full and final amount of all her claims. 5.
It is further stated that the remaining amount of Rs. 11,00,000/- shall be paid by the petitioner No. 1/husband at the time of quashing of FIR No. 102/2022.
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It is also stated that on 06.09.2025, the marriage between petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 had been dissolved as per Hindu law. 7.
In view of the Compromise Deed dated 14.08.2025, the present petition has been filed.
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The parties are present before this Court in-person today, and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer concerned. The parties have endorsed the amicable settlement and accepted the terms thereof voluntarily.
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The third installment of Rs. 11,00,000/- has been paid to the respondent No. 2/wife by the petitioner No. 1 today in the Court via Bank Draft No."073418" dated 22.09.2025 drawn on Standard Chartered bank, Preet Vihar, New Delhi, and the same has been confirmed by the respondent No. 2/wife.
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The parties have submitted that all the disputes have been amicably settled vide MOU dated 14.08.2025 and thus, no fruitful purpose will be served in continuing with the FIR.
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The present petition has been signed by all the parties and is supported by their respective affidavits. The parties have reaffirmed the The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
terms of the settlement arrived at vide MOU dated 14.08.2025 and they also submit that the said Compromise Deed has been arrived at between the parties without any pressure and coercion.
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Today, the complainant/respondent No. 2/wife, who is present in Court, states that she has received all amounts due to her and has no objection if the FIR is quashed.
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In view of the above facts that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will and without any coercion and also the fact that the present matter is a family matter, I am of the opinion that no useful purpose will be served in continuing with the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them. Hence, it would be in the interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto.
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Moreover, there is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question.
15.
Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 102/2022 registered at Police Station Mandir Marg, for offences punishable under Sections 498A/354A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.
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The petition stands disposed of.
NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J OCTOBER 14, 2025 va The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.