AJAY SAXENA & ORS. vs THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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$~66 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 29th April, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 3289/2026 & CRL.M.A. 13362/2026 AJAY SAXENA & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ayush Kumar, Advocate along with petitioners-in-person versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for State/R-1 SI Devendra Singh, PS Jyoti Nagar R-2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 0242/2019 dated 24.02.2022, registered at Police Station Jyoti Nagar, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. Marriage between petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 was solemnized on 27.11.2020 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies at Delhi. There is no child from aforesaid wedlock. 3. However, on account of some matrimonial discord and temperamental differences, respondent No. 2 reported the matter to the police which resulted in registration of aforesaid FIR. 4. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that earlier also, they had filed petition seeking quashing of same FIR and their such petition i.e. Crl. M.C. Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 3289/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:30.04.2026 18:56:18 586/2025 was taken by the learned Co-ordinate Bench of this Court on 24.07.2025 and while taking note of the serious allegations appearing on record, this Court, despite there being a settlement between the parties, declined to quash the proceedings. Reference be made to Para-10 of the aforesaid order which reads as under:- “10. The Court has considered to the reasons cited by Respondent No.2 for consenting to the quashing of the impugned FIR. However, in light of the serious nature of t