RAJNISH KUMAR BISWAKARMA & ORS. vs THE STATE & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of order: 20th February, 2025 + W.P.(CRL) 696/2022 RAJNISH KUMAR BISWAKARMA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vivek Sharma, Mr. Vikash Sharma and Ms. Devanshi Sharma, Advocates versus THE STATE & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Yasir Rauf Ansari, ASC with Mr. Alok Sharma and Mr. Vasu Agarwal, Advocates with ASI Usha and SI Vikash Bhardwaj, P. S. M.S. Park Mr. Sudhir Tewatia, Mr. Mehul Gulati, Mr. Tarun Maan, Mr. Ankush and Mr. Ashish Dabas, Advocates for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH ORDER CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J (Oral) 1. The instant writ petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (now Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023), seeking quashing of the FIR bearing No. 383/2019 registered against the petitioners under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter “IPC”) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (“DP Act”) at Police Station - Mansarovar Park, Delhi Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:PRAVEEN KUMAR BABBAR W.P.(CRL) 696/2022 Page 1 of 17 Signing Date:25.02.2025 19:03:46 and the consequential proceedings emanating therefrom. 2. The brief facts of the case, as stated in the petition, are as follows: a. On 6th July, 2018, the marriage between the petitioner no. 1 and the respondent no.2/complainant was solemnized in Delhi according to Hindu rites and customs. From the said wedlock between the two, no child was born. b. It is alleged that the family members of the complainant repeatedly interfered in their matrimonial life. Being aggrieved by the said interference and alleged demand for money, the petitioner no.1