$~80 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 2240/2025 MR.SUMIT AHUJA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Petitioners with their counsel Mr. Satya Prakash Bhardwaj, Adv. versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rajkumar, APP for the State with Mr. Chanderkant Dahiya, Adv. along with SI Rajesh PS Mukherjee Nagar. R-2 with her counsel Mr. Shashank Ahuja & Ms. Riya Jain, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 30.04.2025 CRL.M.A. 10028/2025 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. CRL.M.C. 2240/2025 3. By way of the present petition, the petitioners seeks quashing of the FIR bearing No. 460/2022, registered at Police Station Mukherjee Nagar, New Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC'). 4. All the petitioners are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) concerned from This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/05/2025 at 16:09:16 Police Station Mukherjee Nagar, New Delhi. 5. Brief facts of the present case are that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 had been solemnized at Delhi on 20.02.2018, in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies. It is stated that due to various differences, disputes and issues had arisen between the petitioners and respondent no. 2. Upon the complaint by respondent no. 2, the present FIR came to be registered against the petitioners. It is stated that the parties have now amicably settled their dispute before the Mediation Centre, Rohini Court, Delhi, wherein the petitioners have agreed to pay Rs.15 lakhs to respondent no. 2 in full an final settlement of all her claims, including her past, present and future maintenance. In this regard, the statement of the parties had been recorded by the learned Joint Registrar (Judicial) on 02.04.2025. 6. On a query made by this Court, respondent no. 2 who has been identified by the concerned IO, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. Therefore, she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 7. In view of the above, that the parties have amicably resolved their differences of their own free will, and without any coercion, and 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. 8. Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 460/2022, registered at Police Station Mukherjee Nagar, New Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/05/2025 at 16:09:16 are quashed. 9. The petition stands disposed of. 10. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J APRIL 30, 2025/A Click here to check corrigendum, if any This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/05/2025 at 16:09:16