H vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on :18th September, 2025 Judgment delivered on :19th December, 2025 + CRL.REV.P. 907/2023 & CRL.M.A. 30857/2023 H ..... Petitioner versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. ..... Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Akhilesh Pandey, Adv. For the Respondents : Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State. SI Akash Kumar, PS Bhajanpura. Mr. Naveen Single, Mr. Prashant Mahadev, Mr. Yogesh Grover, Advs. for R Nos. 2-6 through V.C. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition was filed under Sections 397/401 read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’) for setting aside the order dated 28.04.2023 (hereafter ‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), East, Karkardooma Courts in SC No. 750/2021 arising out of FIR No. 184/2021 registered at Police Station Bhajan Pura for offences under Sections 498A/406/376/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (‘DP Act’). 2. Succinctly stated, the marriage between the petitioner and Respondent No.2 was solemnized on 20.01.2020, thereafter she started Signature Not Verified Signed By:KAMALDEEP KAUR Signing Date:20.12.2025 20:07:01 CRL.REV.P. 907/2023 Page 1 of 19 living in her matrimonial home in Jhajjar, Haryana, where the alleged offences took place. The present FIR was registered in Delhi, where the petitioner has been residing with her parents, after leaving her matrimonial home. The relevant extracts of the FIR have been reproduced herein below: “...On 20-01-2020, I got married with Kartik Drall S/o Sh. Bhagwan Drall R/o House no.292/2011 Dayanand Nagar Bahadurgarh Jhajjar… …My husband and my father in-law had taken me