Md Irfan And ORS v. State Of NCT Of Delhi And ANR

$~12 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3208/2025 MD IRFAN AND ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Manish Pratap Singh, Advocate alongwith petitioners in person versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Ms. Amisha Dahiya, Advocate R-2 in person

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 13.10.2025 CRL.M.A. 14165/2025 (exemption) 1.

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2.

Application stands disposed of.

CRL.M.A. 14166/2025 (delay in re-filing) 3.

By way of the present application, the applicant is seeking condonation of delay of 70 days in re-filing the above-captioned petition. 4.

For the reasons mentioned in the application, the delay of 70 days in re-filing the above-captioned petition stands condoned. 5.

Accordingly, the present application is disposed of. CRL.M.C. 3208/2025 6.

By way of the present petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of the The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

FIR bearing No. 520/2006, registered at Police Station Seelampur, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter „IPC').

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Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 8.

The petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) concerned from Police Station Seelampur, Delhi. 9.

Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 and the respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 12.11.2001, in accordance with Muslim rites and rituals. A girl child was born on 20.10.2022 out of the said wedlock. It is stated that due to differences between the petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2, both the parties had started residing separately since 24.10.2022. Upon the complaint by respondent no. 2, the present FIR came to be registered against the petitioners. After investigation, the chargesheet was filed before the concerned Court. It is stated that with the intervention of the family and friends, the parties have now amicably settled their dispute vide Settlement Agreement dated 25.02.2024.

10.

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 already received the full and final settlement amount, therefore, she has no objection, if the present FIR is quashed.

11.

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

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. 12.

Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 520/2006, registered at Police Station Seelampur, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

13.

In view of above, the present petition along with pending application, if any, stands disposed of.

14.

The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J OCTOBER 13, 2025/ns The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.