NITIN AND ANOTHER vs THE STATE AND ANOTHER

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$~84 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 17.07.2025 + CRL.M.C. 3848/2025 & CRL.M.A. 16842/2025 NITIN AND ANOTHER .....Petitioners Through: Counsel for petitioners (appearance not given) with petitioners in person. versus THE STATE AND ANOTHER .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for the State with SI Pankaj Kumar, PS Jyoti Nagar Mr. Jyoti Bhardwaj, Advocate for R-2 with R-2 in person. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.112/2017 of PS Jyoti Nagar, Delhi for offence under Section 498A/406/34 IPC & 3/4 DP Act on the ground that complainant de facto (respondent no.2) has settled the disputes with the petitioners. 2. Learned APP for the State and respondent no. 2 in person (identified by IO/SI Pankaj Kumar) accept notice. State has no serious objection to this petition. CRL.M.C.3848/2025 Page 1 of 2 pages Signature Not Verified GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA KATHPALIA Date: 2025.07.17 17:02:27 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:17.07.2025 17:25:55 3. Petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present in Court and I have spoken with them in Hindi. It is submitted by them that petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 have resolved their matrimonial dispute and are now living together happily for about two years. They also now have a son currently aged about 10 months. Respondent no. 2 submits that she does not wish to pursue the trial against petitioners as now they all are living happily. 4. Considering the above circumstances, I am satisfied that it would be in the interest of justice not to push the parties through trial. Therefore, the petition is allowed and FIR No.112/2017 of PS Jyoti Nagar, Delhi for offence under Section 498A/406/34 IPC & 3/4 DP A