SMT GEETA & ANR. vs THE STATE ( GOVT.OF NCT.OF DELHI ) & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 10.09.2025 + CRL.REV. P. 395/2022 SMT. GEETA & ANR. ….Petitioners Through: Mr. M.R. Chanchal, Advocate versus THE STATE & ANR. …..Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Ms. Puja Mann and Mr. Vipin Kumar Yadav, Advs. Mr. Nischaya Nigam and Mr. Akshay Handa, Advocates for R-2 CRL. REV. P. 428 OF 2024 & CRL.M.A.9849/2024 NISHANT TYAGI @ JOHNEY …..Petitioner Through: Mr. Nischaya Nigam and Mr. Akshay Handa, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. …..Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Ms. Puja Mann and Mr. Vipin Kumar Yadav, Advs CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA CRL.REV.P. 395/2022 & connected matter Page 1 of 8 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:12.09.2025 16:06:57 JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of this judgment, this Court shall be disposing of two connected criminal revision petitions preferred by the parties who are legally wedded to each other. They both seek setting aside of the judgment dated 04.05.2022 [hereafter ‘impugned judgment’] passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, East District, Karkardooma Court, Delhi [hereafter ‘Family Court’] in M.T. No. 550/2018 titled ‘Geeta & Anr. vs. Nishant Tyagi @ Johney’. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that on 27.11.2009, the marriage of the parties was solemnised as per Hindu rites and ceremonies, wherefrom a child was born to them on 28.08.2010. Allegedly, ever since the inception of the marriage, the wife had been subjected to harassment – physical, mental, and financial – at the hands of the husband and her in-laws. In light of the same, she allegedly had to move out of the matrimonial hou