Lokesh Yadav & Ors v. State NCT of Delhi and Anr

J U D G M E N T (oral) CRL.M.A. 26928/2026 (exemption)

Exemption allowed subject to all just exceptions.

¶1Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No.620/2020 dated

17.12.2020, registered at P.S. Geeta Colony, for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties.

¶2The marriage between complainant (respondent No.2 herein) and petitioner No.1 was solemnized on 18.01.2017, as per Hindu rites and customs. No child is born from the abovesaid wedlock.

¶3However, on account of temperamental differences, the parties started residing separately and when a complaint was lodged by respondent No.2, it resulted into registration of the abovesaid FIR.

¶4Charge-sheet has been filed, albeit, charges are yet to be ascertained.

¶5With the intervention of common friends and relatives, parties have entered into a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated

02.06.2026 and have been able to resolve all their disputes and have decided to part ways gracefully. The copy of MoU is on record.

¶6It is in the abovesaid backdrop that quashing is being sought.

¶7Respondent No.2 is present in the Court with her maternal aunt (maami) and has been duly identified by the investigating officer as well as by her counsel.

¶8When asked, respondent No. 2 reiterates the terms of abovesaid settlement. She also submits that there is already a divorce between them by way of mutual consent on 13.07.2026. She states that she has agreed to accept a total sum of Rs. 21,50,000/- as full and final settlement in lieu of istridhan, alimony, maintenance for self (past, present and future), permanent alimony, jewellery etc. She submits that she has already received Rs.15,50,000/- and the balance amount of Rs. 6,00,000/- has been received today in the shape of Demand Draft drawn on Punjab National Bank. She states that she has entered into the abovesaid settlement out of her own free will, without any coercion and influence from any corner whatsoever and therefore, she would have 'no objection' if FIR in question is quashed.

¶9In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, continuing with criminal proceedings would serve no useful purpose, especially, when dispute does not involve any public interest and is, primarily, private in nature. In any case, even the complainant does not wish to press any charges against the petitioners.

¶10Accordingly, exercising inherent powers vested in this Court under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, it is deemed appropriate to quash the instant FIR.

¶11Consequently, to secure the ends of justice, FIR No.620/2020 dated

17.12.2020, registered at P.S. Geeta Colony, for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, is, hereby, quashed. Original affidavits, MoU of the parties, copies of which have been placed on record in the present proceedings, shall be submitted before the learned Trial Court within four weeks, so that these become part of Trial Court Record.

¶12The petition stands disposed of in aforesaid terms.

(MANOJ JAIN) JUDGE SEPTEMBER 01, 2026/st/js

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision:1st September, 2026 # CNR No. DLHC010409642026 + LOKESH YADAV & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vishnu Kant Pandey with Mr.Jatin Minocha and Mr. Kailash Tomar, Advocates with petitioners in person. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satinder Singh Bawa, APP for the State with SI Kanhaiya Lal Ms. Jyoti Sahni, Advocate for Respondent No.2 with respondent No.2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN