KRIPA NATH MISHRA & ORS. vs STATE ( NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 24.09.2025 + W.P.(CRL) 1283/2022 KRIPA NATH MISHRA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR. .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Ms. Gayatri Puri and Mr. Jayant Singh Chauhan, Advs. For the Respondent : Ms.Rupali Bandhopadhya, ASC for the State with Mr. Abhijeet Kumar and Ms. Anisha Gupta, Advs. with W/SI Usha Rani, PS J.P. Kalan and SI Bharat, PS Uttam Nagar. Ms. Nandita Rao, Senior Advocate with Mr. Amit Peswani, Mr. Ankur Raghav and Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Advs. for R-2 with the victim in person. Mr. Yuvraj Singh Rathore, Amicus Curiae (through VC) CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed seeking quashing of order dated 23.03.2022 (hereafter “impugned order”) passed by the learned Signature Not Verified Signed By:SANJAY KUMAR W.P.(CRL) 1283/2022 Page 1 of 22 Signing Date:24.09.2025 19:53:53 Metropolitan Magistrate (hereafter ‘Trial Court’), Dwarka Courts, Delhi, pursuant to which, the petitioners were summoned in FIR No. 903/2020 dated 13.11.2020, registered at Police Station Uttam Nagar, for offences under Sections 498A/406 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). In addition, the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR and consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. The present FIR was registered pursuant to a complaint filed by Respondent No. 2 against the petitioners, who are the family members of her husband namely– Sh. Priya Ranjan Mishra, alleging harassment on the ground of demand for dowry and for not returning her stridhan. Petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 are the father in-law and mother in-law of Respondent No. 2, respectively. Petitioner Nos. 3 and 4 are the wives of Respondent No. 2’s brother in-laws and