$~80 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 2862/2025 SHRI SUMIT RAWAT & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Arun Kumar Verma, Advocate with mr. Rajinder Singh, Mr. Mahesh Chand and JC Sharma, Advocates along with petitioners in person. versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anand V Khatri, ASC (Crl) for State along with SI Shajid Hussain, PS: Neb Sarai. Counsel (appearance not given) for R- 2 along with respondent no. 2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 09.09.2025 CRL.M.A. 26817/2025 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(CRL) 2862/2025 3. By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR bearing No. 0234/2024, registered at Police Station Neb Sarai, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC'). 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 11/09/2025 at 12:46:27 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 and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) concerned. 6. Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between the petitioner no. 1 and the respondent no. 2 was solemnized at New Delhi on 10.02.2019, in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies. It is stated that no child was born out of the said wedlock. It is further stated that due to 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 Settlement Agreement dated 06.12.2024, executed at Delhi Mediation Centre, Saket Courts, New Delhi. 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 that she has already received the entire amount. Therefore, she has no objection if the FIR is quashed. 8. 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 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. 9. Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 0234/2024, registered at Police Station 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 11/09/2025 at 12:46:27 Neb Sarai, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed. 10. The present petition along with pending application, if any, stands disposed of. 11. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J SEPTEMBER 09, 2025/vc 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 11/09/2025 at 12:46:27