$~14 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010207452026 + CRL.M.C. 3624/2026 ARUN AND ANR .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Kunal Masiwal, Mr. Raja and Ms. Preity Jha, Advs. along with petitioner in person. versus THE STATE (THE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP Mr. Kaushik Babbar for R-2 along with Respondent no.2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN O R D E R % 06.08.2026 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. By way of the present petition filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the “BNSS”) read with Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 0337/2023, registered at Police Station Mukherjee Nagar, New Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the “IPC”), along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of an amicable settlement arrived at between the parties. 3. Issue notice. 4. Learned APP for the State accepts notice on behalf of the State. 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 11/08/2026 at 11:24:52 5. The petitioners and Respondent No. 2 are present before this Court and have been duly identified by the Investigating Officer concerned. 6. Briefly stated, the marriage between Petitioner No. 1 and Respondent No. 2 was solemnized on 23.01.2019 in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies. Owing to matrimonial discord and temperamental differences, the parties started residing separately with effect from 15.07.2021. Thereafter, Respondent No. 2 lodged the present FIR against the petitioners. During the pendency of the proceedings, with the intervention of family members and other respectable persons, the parties amicably resolved all their disputes and executed a Settlement Deed/MOU dated 04.10.2025. Pursuant thereto, the parties filed a petition under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 before the learned Principal Judge, Family Courts, North District, Rohini Courts, New Delhi. The marriage between the parties stands dissolved by a decree of divorce by mutual consent vide judgment dated 23.03.2026 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Courts, North District, Rohini Courts, New Delhi. 7. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in terms of the Settlement Deed dated 04.10.2025, all disputes pertaining to stridhan, maintenance, permanent alimony and all other claims, past, present and future, stand fully and finally settled. It is submitted that nothing further survives for adjudication between the parties. 8. On a query made by this Court, Respondent No. 2, who has been duly identified by the Investigating Officer, states that she has entered into the settlement voluntarily, out of her own free will and without any force, coercion or undue influence. She further states that all disputes between the parties have been amicably resolved and that she has no surviving claim 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 11/08/2026 at 11:24:52 whatsoever against the petitioners. She has no objection if the present FIR and all proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed. 9. Learned APP for the State submits that the parties have been identified by the Investigating Officer and that Respondent No. 2 has affirmed the settlement and expressed her no-objection to the quashing of the FIR. 10. In view of the fact that the parties have amicably resolved all their disputes, the marriage already stands dissolved by a decree of divorce by mutual consent, and Respondent No. 2 has no objection to the quashing of the FIR, no useful purpose would be served in continuing the criminal proceedings. Rather, continuation thereof would only result in unnecessary litigation between the parties. There is no legal impediment to quashing the FIR in the facts and circumstances of the present case. 11. Accordingly, FIR No. 0337/2023, registered at Police Station Mukherjee Nagar, New Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, are hereby quashed. 12. The present petition, along with all pending application(s), if any, stands disposed of. 13. Copy of this order be communicated to the concerned Trial Court for information and necessary action. 14. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. MADHU JAIN, J AUGUST 6, 2026/prg/P 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 11/08/2026 at 11:24:52