GANESH vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

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$~74 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 17.07.2025 + CRL.M.C. 4712/2025 & CRL.M.A. 20418/2025 GANESH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sunil Dwievedi Bimal, Mr. Prakash & Ms. Anjali, Advocates Versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP for State with WSI SI Paramjit CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR SHALINDER KAUR, J (ORAL) 1. The present petitioner has been filed on behalf of the petitioner under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking to quash the FIR No. 0857/2020 dated 15.09.2024 for offence under Section 354-A of Indian Penal Code, 1860, registered under Police Station Ranhola, New Delhi and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the son of petitioner is the husband of respondent no.2 and their marriage got solemnized on 01.12.2019 as per Hindu Rites and Rituals and a male child was born out of the said wedlock. Subsequent thereto, he Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CRL.M.C. 4712/2025 Page 1 of 4 By:RASHIM KAPOOR Signing Date:19.07.2025 12:18:00 submits, the temperamental differences developed between the son of the petitioner and respondent no. 2, coupled with the raising demands for dowry and increasing harassment, led to the registration of the subject FIR and filing of litigations by the respondent no. 2. 3. The learned counsel further submits that further during the pendency of the litigation between the parties, with the intervention of family members, relatives, and mutual acquaintances, the son of the petitioner and the respondent no. 2 have arrived at an amicable and voluntary resolution of all disputes persisting between them. 4. The present petition is premised on the assertion that