$~51 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 8429/2025 & CRL.M.A. 35207/2025 BHARAT CHAWALA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Harmesh Kumar, Advocate versus STATE NCT OF DELHI ABD ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, APP for the State with SI Sumeet Poonia, P.S. Vivek Vihar CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 27.11.2025 1. By way of the present petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR bearing no. 323/2022, registered at Police Station Vivek Vihar, Delhi for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC’). 2. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 3. The petitioner and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court in person. They have been identified by their counsels and concerned Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Vivek Vihar, Delhi. 4. Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 30.03.2019, as per Hindu rites and ceremonies at Delhi. It is stated that one male child was born 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 01/12/2025 at 12:26:50 out of the said wedlock. Due to temperamental differences, which had arisen between the parties, respondent no. 2 had filed a complaint before the concerned police station, which culminated into the present FIR against the petitioner under the relevant sections. It is further stated that with the intervention of friends and family members, both the parties have now amicably settled their dispute vide Settlement Deed dated 12.08.2024, entered between them. It is stated that both the parties are living together since August, 2024. 5. 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. It is also stated by respondent no. 2 that the entire dispute has been amicably settled between the parties. Therefore, she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 6. In view of the above fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences of their own free will, 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. 323/2022, registered at Police Station Vivek Vihar, Delhi for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed. 8. In view of the above, the present petition alongwith pending application, if any, stands disposed of. 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 01/12/2025 at 12:26:50 9. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J NOVEMBER 27, 2025/ns 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 01/12/2025 at 12:26:50