AMIT CHAWLA & ANR. vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~41 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision:21st February, 2025 + CRL.M.C. 543/2025 1. AMIT CHAWLA S/o Sh. Laxmi Narain Chawla .....Petitioner No.1 2. Mrs. NEELIMA Chawla W/o Sh. Laxmi Narain Chawla ...Petitioner No.2 Through: Counsel for Petitioners (appearance not given). versus 1. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI ...Respondent No.1 2. POOJA CHAWLA D/o Sh. Mohan Lal Malhotra ....Respondent No. 2 Through: Mr. Nawal Kishor Jha, APP for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T (oral) CRL.M.A. 2628/2025 (Exemption) 1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The Application stands disposed of. CRL.M.C. 543/2025 3. The Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘CrPC’) has been filed on behalf of the Petitioners seeking quashing of FIR No. 136/2016 under Section 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as Signature Not Verified CRL.M.C. 543/2025 Page 1 of 5 Digitally Signed By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:26.02.2025 14:47:27 ‘IPC’) registered at Police Station K.N. Katju Marg, Rohini, Delhi and all the proceedings emanating therefrom. 4. Issue Notice. 5. Mr. Nawal Kishor Jha, learned APP appearing on advance Notice, accepts Notice on behalf of the State. 6. Brief facts of the case are that the marriage was solemnized between the Petitioner No. 1 and the Respondent No. 2 on 22.10.2012, according to the Hindu rites and ceremonies and one male child, namely, Mansh Chawla was born out of the said wedlock. 7. It is further submitted that on 14.12.2015, on the complaint of the Respondent No. 2, an FIR No. 136/2016 under Section 498A/406/34 of the IPC registered at Police Station K.N. Katju Marg, Rohini, Delhi 8. It is stated that the Petitioner No.