ANUPAM PUSHKAR & ORS. vs STATE OF GNCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~84 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 1st April, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 1788/2025 &CRL.M.A. 8080/2025 ANUPAM PUSHKAR & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Advocate. versus STATE OF GNCT OF DELHI & ANR......Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP with SI Hemant. Ms. Anita Saran with R-2 in person (through video- conferencing) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 784/2021 dated 31.10.2021, registered at Police Station Dwarka North, Delhi, for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. The marriage between complainant (respondent No.2 herein) and petitioner No.1 was solemnized on 10.11.2018, as per Hindu rites and customs. No child is born from the abovesaid wedlock. 3. However, when a transfer petition was eventually filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court, New Delhi, while allowing with the same, Hon’ble Supreme Court dissolved their marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of their marriage for the reason that the parties were living separately for the last 2 ½ years. 4. Moreover, when the matter, in relation to other matrimonial discord, Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 1788/2025 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:04.04.2026 11:34:28 was referred for mediation, the parties were able to amicably resolve the matter under the aegis of Supreme Court Mediation Centre on 17.03.2023. 5. It is in the abovesaid backdrop that quashing is being sought. 6. Respondent no. 2 is present through video-conferencing and she has been duly identified by Investigating Officer who is present in Court. 7. All the petitioners have joined th