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2026 DAILYLAW 12980 (DEL)

OM CHARITER ALIAS OM CHARIT ALIAS OMEE CHARIT & ORS. v. THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

CRL.M.C./5091/2026 · 2026-07-22

Saurabh Banerjee

Public Interest Litigationbody2026

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$~81 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 5091/2026, CRL.M.A. 21370/2026 OM CHARITER ALIAS OM CHARIT ALIAS OMEE CHARIT & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Linkon Goswami and Mr. Ashish Parihar, Advs. versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. S.S. Dhir and Mr. Manmohan Singh, Advs. for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 22.07.2026 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR No.100/2021 dated 22.03.2021 registered at PS.: Geeta Colony under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and all proceedings emanating therefrom, since the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2 have mutually settled all their disputes vide Settlement dated 11.07.2025. 2. Issue notice. 3. Learned APP accepts notice, and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 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 24/07/2026 at 12:04:52 4. Learned counsel for the respondent no.2 also accepts notice and submits that respondent no.2 has no objection if the present petition is allowed. 5. This Court has further had the occasion of interacting with the petitioners as well as the respondent no.2, who all are present in Court. Petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2 submit that they have resolved all their inter se disputes and are since happily and willingly living together as such, the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes. As such, respondent no.2 hence submits that she does not wish to continue the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners. 6. The petitioners and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials, as on record, have been identified by the Investigating Officer. 7. As noted above, since the parties have resolved all their inter se disputes and are already living together and the same is the basis of filing the present petition, which is accompanied by their respective affidavit(s) qua the said effect. In view thereof, the present is a fit case for quashing the aforesaid FIR. Accordingly, as also following the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Jitendra Raghuvanshi & Ors. vs. Babita Raguvanshi & Anr.: (2013) 4 SCC 58, Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab & Anr.: (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder Singh & Ors. vs. State of Punjab & Anr.: (2014) 6 SCC 466, and also since there is nothing left to corroborate and prove the case of the prosecution, continuation of the present FIR will be an exercise in futility. 8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.100/2021 dated 22.03.2021 registered at PS.: Geeta Colony under Sections 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 24/07/2026 at 12:04:52 498A/406/34 of the IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. As such, the present petition, alongwith pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J JULY 22, 2026/Ab 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 24/07/2026 at 12:04:52