PRAKASH @ PRAKASH CHAND & ORS. vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 10.11.2025 ,,,,,,,,,, CRL.M.C. 7877/2025 PRAKASH @ PRAKASH CHAND & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Advocate (appearance not given) Petitioners in person. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satinder Singh Bawa, APP with SI Deependra, P.S.Punjabi Bagh. Mr. Ankit Kashyap, Ms. Sonali, Mr. Nitin Rathor, Mr. Rohit Chaudhary, Mr. Raghav, Advs. for the R-2/complainant. R-2 in person. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT(ORAL) RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. This is a petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, seeking quashing of FIR No. 281/2019, dated 18.05.2019, registered at P.S Punjabi Bagh, Delhi under Sections 323/354/34 IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of settlement between the parties. CRL.M.C. 7877/2025 2. The factual matrix giving rise to the instant case is that the complainant was subjected to sustained cruelty, dowry harassment, and physical assault by her husband and in-laws. On 18.05.2019, when the complainant visited her matrimonial home to ascertain her husband’s whereabouts, she was allegedly abused, assaulted, and forcibl