Delhi High Court
CRL.M.C./1681/2025 of DEEPAK AND ORS Vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. on 15 September 2026
HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010123372025 + CRL.M.C. 1681/2025 DEEPAK AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Karan Kathayat, Adv. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, APP with Ms. Isha Tyagi, Mr. Adesh Nandal, Advs. SI Amit
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
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CNR No. DLHC010123372025
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CRL.M.C. 1681/2025
DEEPAK AND ORS
.....Petitioners
Through:
Mr. Karan Kathayat, Adv.
versus
STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through:
Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, APP with
Ms. Isha Tyagi, Mr. Adesh Nandal,
Advs.
SI Amit Kumar, PS Jahangir Puri.
R2 in person. (Through VC)
Mr. Vikas Sharma, Adv. (through VC)
CORAM:
HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN
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O R D E R
% 15.09.2026
1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.
2. By way of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 483/2023, registered at P.S. Jahangir Puri, Delhi, for offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, on the basis of the settlement arrived at between the parties.
3. Issue notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice on behalf of the State.
4. Respondent No. 2 has joined the proceedings through video conferencing. She is present before the Court and has been duly identified by her learned counsel as well as by the Investigating Officer.
5. As per the allegations in the FIR, the marriage between Petitioner No. 1 and Respondent No. 2 was solemnised on 23.01.2017 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. The parties have a minor son born out of the wedlock. Owing to matrimonial differences, the parties started residing separately in August, 2022. On the basis of the complaint made by Respondent No. 2, the aforesaid FIR came to be registered.
6. It is submitted that during the pendency of the proceedings, the parties have amicably resolved their disputes. A Settlement Deed dated 12.04.2024 was executed between the parties. It is further stated that the marriage between Petitioner No. 1 and Respondent No. 2 has since been dissolved by a decree of divorce by mutual consent vide order dated 05.07.2024 passed by the learned Family Court, Rohini Courts, Delhi, in HMA No. 875/2024.
7. On a query made by this Court, Respondent No. 2, who has been duly identified by the Investigating Officer, categorically states that the settlement between the parties was arrived at of her own free will and without any force, coercion, pressure or undue influence. She further states that she has received the amount agreed upon under the settlement and that she has no surviving claim against the petitioners in respect of the matrimonial disputes. She has no objection to the quashing of the FIR and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom.
8. Accordingly, FIR No. 483/2023, registered at P.S. Jahangir Puri, Delhi, for offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, along with all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, is hereby quashed qua the petitioners.
9. The present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.
10. Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.
11. Copy of the order be sent to the learned Trial Court for necessary information and compliance.
12. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. MADHU JAIN, J SEPTEMBER 15, 2026/ys/P