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Sunny Mehta & Ors. v. the State Govty of NCT of Delhi and Another & Anr.

Quashing of FIR – matrimonial dispute

Delhi HC15 May 2025CRL.M.C./260/2025

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CRL.M.C. 260/2025, Delhi High Court, Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma, 15.05.2025 — quashing of FIR No. 0072/2018, P.S. Mayapuri, District West, Delhi, under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC; matrimonial dispute; amicable settlement; Mediation Settlement dated 07.08.2024; divorce by mutual consent; voluntary compromise without coercion; complainant's no-objection; interest of justice; petition disposed of. Petitioners: Sunny Mehta & Ors. (counsel: Tanupreet Kaur, Vishakha); State represented by APP Rajkumar; R-2 represented by Reena Singh, Meena Mehtani, Nidhi Jain.

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FIR No. 0072/2018 registered at Police Station Mayapuri, District West, Delhi, under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom quashed; petition disposed of. ¶26

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Outcome

FIR No. 0072/2018 registered at Police Station Mayapuri, District West, Delhi, under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom quashed; petition disposed of.

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Issue for consideration

Whether FIR No. 0072/2018 registered at Police Station Mayapuri, District West, Delhi, under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC ought to be quashed in view of the amicable settlement between the parties and the complainant's no-objection.

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Court's answer

Since the parties have amicably resolved their differences of their own free will and without any coercion, no useful purpose will be served by continuing the proceedings, which would only create further acrimony; it is in the interest of justice to quash the FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto, and there is no legal impediment in doing so.

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Ratio / Principle

The Court found that respondent no. 2, identified by the IO, categorically stated she entered into the compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat, and had no objection to quashing of the FIR.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Quashing of FIR — matrimonial dispute — FIR No. 0072/2018, P.S. Mayapuri, under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC against husband and his family members — marriage of 14.01.2017, parties separated since 09.12.2017 — during pendency of petition, parties settled their dispute vide Mediation Settlement dated 07.08.2024 and obtained divorce by mutual consent — respondent no. 2 (complainant), identified by IO, categorically stated before the Court that the compromise was entered out of her own free will, without pressure, coercion or threat, and had no objection to quashing — Held: where parties have amicably resolved their differences voluntarily, no useful purpose would be served by continuing proceedings, which would create further acrimony; quashing of FIR and consequential proceedings is in the interest of justice and there is no legal impediment — FIR and all consequential proceedings quashed; petition disposed of (Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma, J.; decided 15.05.2025).

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- CRL.M.C. 260/2025

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SUNNY MEHTA & ORS. .....Petitioners

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Through: Ms. Tanupreet Kaur and Ms. Vishakha, Advocates for Petitioner nos. 1,2, 3 and 4 alongwith petitioners in person

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versus

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THE STATE GOVTY OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rajkumar, APP for the State with Mr. Vijay Kumar Tiwari, Advocate and SI Sneha Bhakat Ms. Reena Singh, Ms. Meena Mehtani and Ms. Nidhi Jain, Advocates for R-2 alongwith R-2 in person

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CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

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O R D E R % 15.05.2025

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CRL.M.A. 1352/2025 (exemption)

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Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

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Application stands disposed of.

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CRL.M.C. 260/2025

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By way of the instant petition, the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR bearing No. 0072/2018, registered at Police Station Mayapuri, District West, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections

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This is a digitally signed order.

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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 19/05/2025 at 12:22:21

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498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘ IPC ’).

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Issue notice. Mr. Rajkumar, the learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State.

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All the petitioners are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) concerned, Police Station Mayapuri, District West, Delhi.

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Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 had been solemnized at Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Janakpuri, New Delhi on 14.01.2017, according to Sikh rites and ceremonies. No child was born out of the said wedlock. It is stated that due to temperamental differences and disputes between the petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2, both the parties have been residing separately since 09.12.2017. Upon the complaint of respondent no. 2, the present FIR came to be registered against the petitioners. However, it is stated that during the pendency of the present case, with the intervention of the family and common friends, both the parties have now amicably settled their dispute vide Mediation Settlement dated 07.08.2024 and had obtained a decree of divorce, by way of mutual consent, from the concerned Court.

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On a query made by this Court, respondent no. 2 who has been identified by the IO concerned, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. Therefore, she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. The statement of the parties to the said effect had been recorded by the learned Joint Registrar (Judicial) on 24.04.2025.

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In view of the above, that the parties have amicably resolved their differences of their own free will, and without any coercion, no useful

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This is a digitally signed order.

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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 19/05/2025 at 12:22:21

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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.

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Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 0072/2018, registered at Police Station Mayapuri, District West, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

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