Manish Kumar & ORS. v. Govt Of NCT Of Delhi & ANR.

$~68 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 8606/2025 MANISH KUMAR & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Kartik Shankar, Mr. IS Singhal and Ms. R Priya, Advocates with petitioners in person.

versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Mr. Chetan Dahiya, Advocate with SI Neeraj Kumar and ASI Arun Singh, PS: Civil Lines.

Ms. Gurpreet Kaur and Mr. Ajay Sharma, Advocates for R-2 and R-2 in person.

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 03.12.2025 1.

By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR bearing No. 123/2023, registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter 'IPC') and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of settlement arrived at between the parties.

2.

Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 3.

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

4.

Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between the petitioner no. 1 and the respondent no. 2 was solemnized at Delhi on 19.11.2018, in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies. It is stated that various differences, disputes and issues had arisen between the petitioners and the respondent no. 2. Upon the complaint by respondent no. 2, the present FIR came to be registered against the petitioners. It is stated that with intervention of the family and friends, the parties have now amicably settled their dispute vide Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 04.01.2025. 5.

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 that she has received the remaining amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- vide Demand Draft (DD) bearing no. 002015 dated 24.11.2025 drawn on the Kangra Co-operative Bank Ltd, Ranjit Nagar, New Delhi Branch. Therefore, she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 6.

In view of the above, that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out 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. 7.

Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 123/2023, registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

8.

The petition stands disposed of.

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

9.

The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J DECEMBER 03, 2025/vc TD The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.