Showkat Ahmad Dar and Ors v. Station House Officer, Police Station Women Cell and Anr. (Home)

Serial No. 292 Suppl. Cause List

HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR

CRM(M) 496/2024 CrlM(1135/2024) CrlM(1273/2024) CrlM(436/2025)

¶1Showkat Ahmad Dar S/O Ghulam Mohi ud din Dar

¶2Ghulam Mohi ud din Dar S/O Ghulam Qadir Dar

¶3Naseema W/O Ghulam Mohi ud din Dar 1 to 3-Residents of Sonwar Bagh, Srinagar

¶4Shaista D/O Ghulam Mohi ud din Dar W/O Tahir Ahmad Bhat R/O Sonwar, Srinagar

¶5Neelofar D/O Ghulam Mohi ud din Dar W/O Feroz Ahmad R/O Hatiwar, Pampore, Pulwama

¶6Tahir Ahmad Bhat S/O Maqsood Ahmad Bhat R/O Sonwar, Srinagar

¶7Feroz Ahmad S/O Jala R/O Hatiwar, Pampore ...Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s)

Through: - Mr. Aswad Attar, Advocate.

V/s

¶1Station House Officer, Police Station Women Cell District Srinagar

¶2Nimi Gul W/O Showkat Ahmad Dar R/O At present Zero Bridge, Srinagar … Respondent(s) Through:- None. CORAM:

HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M. A. CHOWDHARY, JUDGE.

(ORDER)

03.06.2026

¶1Petitioners, through the medium of this petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS seek quashment of FIR No. 07/2024 registered on 17th of

February, 2026, at Police Station Women Cell Srinagar against the petitioners on the compliant of respondent No. 2 for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 406 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1960.

¶2During the pendency of this petition, having regard to the nature of the case being of marital discord, the matter was referred to mediation for an amicable settlement between the parties and was assigned to Ms. Sofia Muzamil, learned Advocate/Mediator. As a result, parties are reported to have reached to a written settlement on 2nd of June, 2026.

¶3The Mediation Settlement Report dated 2nd of June, 2026 has been filed by the learned Mediator, wherein the parties have agreed that they will go for divorce and mutually agreed for the dissolution of their marriage and the divorce would take palace with effect from 13th of June, 2026 with a further condition that the petitioner No. 1 shall pay the amount of Rupees Five Lacs and Seventy Thousand only (Rs 5,70,000/-) which includes Maher, arrears of past maintenances, maintenance for Iddat period and a token in lieu of divorce and out of which the private respondent-wife, received an amount of rupees Four Lacs (4,00,000), on 22nd of May, 2026 and 25 of May, 2026 (Two Lacs respectively on each date), by way of bank transfer in the name of Ajaz Ahmad Akhoon with a condition that the rest of amount of rupees One Lakh Seventy Thousand (Rs. 1.70 Lacs), would be payable on 13th of June, 2026 through cheque No. 631947, issued by the petitioner No. 1.

¶4Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the case be disposed of in view of the mediation report and the settlement reached between the parties.

¶5In view of the fact that the parties have reached an amicable settlement, and in light of the submissions urged at the Bar, the petition is allowed and FIR No. 07/2024 under Sections 406 and 498-A of IPC, 1960, registered on 17th of February, 2026, at Police Station Women Cell Srinagar against the petitioners, alongwith consequential charge-sheet sub judice before the Trial Court is ordered to be quashed.

¶6The petition is, thus, disposed of on the above terms, along with all connected application(s).

(M. A. CHOWDHARY)

JUDGE SRINAGAR June 3rd 2026 "Shoaib javid"