$~84 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010425232026 + CRL.M.C. 6664/2026 & CRL.M.A. 27886/2026 AMAN KUMAR @ GORDHAN SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Munish Kumar, Ms. Vaishnavi Patel, Advs. along with petitioner-in- person versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, APP R2-in-person. ASI Ramniwas, PS - Katju Marg Mr. Anuj Jain, Ms. Monika Aggarwal and Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Advs. for R2 CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN O R D E R % 09.09.2026 1. This hearing has been conducted through hybrid mode. CRL.M.A. 27886/2026 (exemption) 2. Allowed subject to all just exceptions. The application is disposed of. CRL.M.C. 6664/2026 3. 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 seeks quashing of FIR No. 698/2014, registered at Police Station K.N. Katju Marg, Delhi, under Sections 498A/406 of the Indian Penal Code,1860 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IPC’), along with all consequential proceedings arising 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 14/09/2026 at 15:59:53 on the basis of an amicable settlement arrived at between the parties. 4. The Petitioners and Respondent No.2 are present before this Court and have been identified by the Investigating Officer (IO) concerned. 5. Briefly stated, the marriage between Petitioner No.1 and Respondent No.2 was solemnized on 21.04.2008 in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies. No child was born out of the said wedlock. Owing to matrimonial discord and temperamental differences, the parties started residing separately since May 2014. 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 Agreement dated 01.12.2025. Pursuant to the settlement, a decree of divorce by mutual consent was granted by the learned Judge, Family Court, North District, Rohini Courts, Delhi on 25.07.2026. 6. Learned counsel for the Petitioners submits that, in terms of the settlement arrived at between the parties, the entire settlement amount is of Rs.18,00,000/- (Rupees Eighteen Lakhs only) out of which Rs. 12,00,000/- (Rupees Twelve Lakhs only) has already been paid to Respondent No.2., further submits that the balance amount of Rs.6,00,000/- (Rupees Six Lakhs only) has been handed over to Respondent No.2 today in this Court by way of Demand Draft bearing No. 012347. It is further submitted that, with the said payment, the terms and conditions of the settlement stand fully complied with and nothing further remains to be paid by either party under the settlement. 7. On a query made by this Court, Respondent No.2, who has been duly identified by the IO, categorically states that she has entered into the 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 14/09/2026 at 15:59:53 settlement of her own free will, without any force, coercion or undue influence. She further states that the entire settled amount has been received by her and that she has no surviving claim whatsoever against the Petitioners. She has no objection if the present FIR and all proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed. 8. 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, the entire settlement amount has been paid, and the 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 perpetuate unnecessary litigation between the parties. No legal impediment exists to quashing the FIR in the facts and circumstances of the present case. 9. Accordingly, FIR No. 698/2014, registered at Police Station K.N. Katju Marg, New Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406 of IPC, and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, are hereby quashed. 10. The present petition, along with pending application(s), if any, stands disposed of. 11. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. MADHU JAIN, J SEPTEMBER 9, 2026/ys/yt 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 14/09/2026 at 15:59:53