Manish @ Muneesh & Ors. Vs the State of NCT of Delhi and Anr. — Dowry and Cruelty | Delhi HC (2026)

Manish @ Muneesh & Ors. Vs the State of NCT of Delhi and Anr. — Dowry and Cruelty | Delhi HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Quashing of FIR No.181/2019 dated 08.05.2019 registered at PS: Anand Vihar under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom; the petition was thereafter disposed of in the aforesaid term (para 8).

Issue for consideration

Whether FIR No.181/2019 dated 08.05.2019 registered at PS: Anand Vihar under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and all proceedings emanating therefrom, ought to be quashed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in view of the Settlement Deed dated 21.10.2024 between petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2.

Court's answer

In view of the mutual settlement and amicable cohabitation of petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2, and 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, there being nothing left to corroborate and prove the case of the prosecution, continuation of the aforesaid FIR against the petitioner will be an exercise in futility.

Ratio / Principle

The present petition is allowed and FIR No.181/2019 dated 08.05.2019 registered at PS: Anand Vihar under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, and all proceedings emanating therefrom, are hereby quashed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Saurabh Banerjee, J.; order dated 07.05.2026), CRL.M.C. 2257/2026: Allowed a petition under Section 528, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and quashed FIR No.181/2019 dated 08.05.2019 registered at PS: Anand Vihar under Sections 498A/406/34, Indian Penal Code, 1860, and all proceedings emanating therefrom. The quashing rested on the Settlement Deed dated 21.10.2024 (Annexure P3) between petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2/complainant, arrived at before the learned Judge, Family Court, Karkardooma Courts, Shahdara, Delhi. The complainant, present in Court, accepted notice, affirmed the settlement, raised no objection, stated she was now happily residing together with petitioner no.1, and disclosed that her complaint registered in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh had been withdrawn; the parties' credentials were identified by the IO and the petition carried their affidavits (paras 4-6). Following the law laid down by the 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, the Court held that with nothing left to corroborate and prove the case of the prosecution, continuation of the FIR would be an exercise in futility (para 6); the petition was allowed (para 7) and disposed of (para 8).

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- CRL.M.C. 2257/2026

MANISH @ MUNEESH & ORS. .....Petitioners

Through: Mr. Deepak kr. Tyagi and Mr. Gaurav Thakur, Advs. alongwith petitioners in person

versus

THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP for the State

SI Reena, PS.: Anand Vihar

Mr. Prashant Jaiswal, Adv. for R-2 alongwith R-2 present in person

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 07.05.2026

By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.181/2019 dated 08.05.2019 registered at PS: Anand Vihar under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ( IPC ) and all proceedings emanating therefrom in view of the Settlement Deed dated 21.10.2024 [ Annexure P3 ] arrived at between the petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2 before the learned Judge, Family Court, Karkardooma Courts, Shahdara, Delhi, which is accompanied by their respective proofs of identity.

Issue notice.

Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.

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Respondent no.2/ complainant, present in Court, also accepts notice and affirms the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Deed dated 21.10.2024. She submits that she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR as she is now happily residing together with petitioner no.1. She further submits that her complaint registered in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh has also since been withdrawn.

The petitioners and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials, as on record, have been identified by the IO. 6. Facts disclose that the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2 have mutually settled all their disputes and are living together amicably as also the present petition is accompanied by their respective affidavit(s). As such, 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 , since there is nothing left to corroborate and prove the case of the prosecution, continuation of the aforesaid FIR against the petitioner will be an exercise in futility.

Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.181/2019 dated 08.05.2019 registered at PS: Anand Vihar under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed.

As such, the present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid term.

SAURABH BANERJEE, J.

MAY 07, 2026/ bh

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