Mr. Piyush Arora & Ors v. State (Nct of Delhi) & Anr

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17.11.2025

¶1By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR bearing no. 06/2025, registered at Police Station Lodi Colony, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter 'IPC').

¶2Issue notice. Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, the learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State.

¶3The petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court in person. They have been identified by their counsels and concerned Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Lodi Colony, Delhi.

¶4Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that the marriage between The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 03.02.2024, as per the Hindu rites and rituals. No child was born out of the said wedlock. After some time, due to some temperamental issues, both the parties had started residing separately since 08.07.2024. Thereafter, on the basis of complaint filed by respondent no. 2, the present FIR was registered against the petitioners under the relevant sections. It is stated that with the intervention of friends and family, both the parties have now amicably settled their dispute before Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre vide Conciliated Agreement dated 17.05.2025, entered between them and had obtained decree of divorce, by way of mutual consent, from the concerned Court.

¶5The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners has handed over a Demand Draft bearing no.001731, drawn on HDFC Bank for an amount of Rs.2,00,000/- to respondent no. 2, in the Court today.

¶6On a query made by this Court, respondent no.2, who has been identified by the concerned IO, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. It is also stated by respondent no. 2 that the entire dispute has been amicably settled between the parties. Therefore, she has no objection, if the present FIR is quashed.

¶7In view of the above fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will, without any coercion, no useful 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. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

¶8Accordingly, FIR bearing no. 06/2025, registered at Police Station Lodi Colony, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

¶9In view of the above, the present petition stands disposed of.

¶10The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J NOVEMBER 17, 2025/zp/vs The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 8139/2025 MR. PIYUSH ARORA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Madhav Khurana, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Hardik Vashisht and Ms. Shaurya Singh, Advocates versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, APP for the State with SI Sharmila. Mr. Harsh Vikram Trivedi, Advocate for R-2 along with R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA