SYED DANISH AZEEM vs SMT. NAZIA PARVEEN @ NAZIA & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 03.07.2025 + CRL.REV.P. 367/2024 SYED DANISH AZEEM .....Petitioner Through: Counsel (appearance not given). versus SMT. NAZIA PARVEEN @ NAZIA & ANR. ....Respondents Through: Mr. S.N. Khan, Advocate CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present petition, the petitioner is seeking setting aside of the judgment dated 19.12.2023 [hereafter „the impugned judgment‟], passed by the learned Judge, Family Court-01, North East, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Family Court‟] in MT No. 702/2018, titled as „Nazia Parveen @ Nazia & Anr. vs. Syed Danish Azeem‟. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that the marriage between the petitioner-husband and respondent no. 1-wife was solemnised on 14.04.2013 in accordance with Muslim rites and customs. Out of the said wedlock, a son, Master Syed Aryan @ CRL.REV.P. 367/2024 Page 1 of 9 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:05.07.2025 17:12:21 Areeb (respondent no. 2), was born on 26.02.2014. According to the petitioner, on 04.08.2014, respondent no. 1, without any just cause or reason, left the matrimonial home along with the minor child and also took away all her gold articles, including those gifted by the petitioner and his family. The petitioner states that he thereafter had also filed a suit for restitution of conjugal rights before the Family Court at Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. 3. Conversely, respondent no. 1 has alleged that after the marriage, she was subjected to cruelty by the petitioner for bringing insufficient dowry. She contends that all her jewellery was retained by the petitioner‟s family under the pretext of safe custody. She further alleges