SAURABH CHAUHAN & ORS. vs STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~72 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 17.07.2025 + CRL.M.C. 4697/2025 SAURABH CHAUHAN & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Pawan Sharma, Advocate Versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for State with SI Roveine & SI Smriti, PS Shakarpur Respondent No.2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR SHALINDER KAUR, J (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking to quash the FIR No.260/2022, dated 05.04.2022, under Sections 498- A/406/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, registered at Police Station Shakarpur, East District, Delhi and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner no.1 is the husband of respondent no.2 and their marriage was solemnized on 27.06.2019 in Delhi according to Hindu Rites and Ceremonies. He submits that the marriage of the parties suffered an irretrievable breakdown, attributable to the temperamental incompatibility between petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2. He Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CRL.M.C. 4697/2025 Page 1 of 4 By:RASHIM KAPOOR Signing Date:19.07.2025 12:18:00 submits that, it is this matrimonial dispute that resulted in the registration of the present FIR and filing of litigations by respondent No.2. 3. The learned counsel further submits that with the intervention of family members, relatives, and mutual acquaintances, the parties have arrived at an amicable and voluntary resolution of all disputes persisting between them. Furthermore, the marriage of the petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 has been dissolved by way of Mutual Consent vide divorce decree dated 30.11.2024. 4. The present p