AJAY vs STATE & ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 07.02.2025 CRL.M.C. 4689/2019 AJAY .....Petitioner versus STATE & ANR ..... Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Sanchar Anand, Adv. through V.C. For the Respondents : Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State. SI Vinit, PC Subroto Park. Mr. Anurag Sharma, Adv. for R-2 through V.C. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed seeking quashing of the FIR No. 262/2017 dated 06.10.2017, registered at Police Station Delhi Cantt, for offences under Sections 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’), and consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. The brief facts of the case are as follows: 2.1. The present FIR was registered at the behest of Respondent No. 2 against the petitioner and his family members alleging harassment on the ground of demand for dowry and for not returning her stridhan. The marriage of the petitioner and Respondent No.2 was solemnized on 25.12.2011 and it is alleged that ₹10 lakhs were spent in the marriage. 2.2. It is alleged that only a few days after marriage, the petitioner, and his family, including, his father, mother, and