PUNEET VERMA AND ORS vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

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$~57 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 04.11.2025 ,,,,,,,,,, + CRL.M.C. 7766/2025 PUNEET VERMA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Swaty Singh Malik, Mr. Rohan Kumar, Advs. along with petitioners in person. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP with SI Vinod. 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. 314/2023, dated 14.08.2023, registered at P.S Kishan Garh, Delhi under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of settlement between the parties. 2. The factual matrix giving rise to the instant case is that the marriage between Petitioner no. 1 and Respondent no. 2/complainant was solemnized on 14.12.2019 as per Hindu Rites and ceremonies at New Delhi. No child was born out of the said wedlock. However, on CRL.M.C. 7766/2025 Page 1 of 4 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:04.11.2025 18:46:20 account of temperamental differences Petitioner no. 1 and Respondent No. 2 are living separately since 26.09.2020. 3. As per averments made in the FIR, Respondent No. 2 was subjected to physical and mental harassment on account of dowry demands by the petitioners. It is further alleged that petitioner no. 1 coerced respondent no. 2 into unnatural sex. Chargesheet has since been filed under sections 498A/406/377/34 IPC against the petitioners. 4. During the course of proceedings, the parties amicably resolved their disputes before the Delhi Mediation Centre, Patiala House Court, New Delhi and the terms of the compromise were reduced into writing in the form of a Settleme