MOHAMMAD RIZWAN vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~45 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 27.02.2025 + CRL.M.C. 367/2025 MOHAMMAD RIZWAN ..... Petitioner Through: Mr.Arjun Malik, Advocate with petitioner in person. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for State with SI Vishal Tiwari, P.S. Special Cell and SI Sandeep Kumar, P.S. Prem Nagar. Respondent No.2 through VC. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR MENDIRATTA % JUDGMENT ANOOP KUMAR MENDIRATTA, J (ORAL) CRL.M.A. 1789/2025 Exemption allowed, subject to just exceptions. Application stands disposed of. CRL.M.C. 367/2025 1. Petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’) has been preferred on behalf of the petitioner for quashing of FIR No. 0420/2019, under Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 registered at P.S.: Prem Nagar. 2. In brief, as per the case of the petitioner, marriage between petitioner and respondent No. 2 was solemnized according to Muslims rites and ceremonies on 26.03.2018. A male child was born out of the wedlock and is presently in custody of respondent No. 2. Due to matrimonial differences, petitioner and respondent No.2 started living separately. On complaint of Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CRL.M.C. 367/2025 Page 1 of 3 By:DINESH CHANDRA Signing Date:01.03.2025 16:54:02 respondent No.2, present FIR was registered on 10.08.2019, since she alleged that triple talaq was pronounced by the petitioner on phone, which is prohibited under law. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that all the disputes have been amicably settled between the parties in terms of Compromise Deed dated 17.08.2023. A detailed verification report in this regard has been submitted by the Joint Registrar (Judicial)