JAIL ROCHLANI & ORS. vs THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~90 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 16thApril, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 2858/2026 JAI ROCHLANI & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Bhavna Sharma, Advocate with petitioners in person. versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State with SI Meenakshi, PS Dwarka North with Mr. Kartik Khanna, Advocate for respondent No.2 with respondent No.2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) CRL.M.A. 11630/2026 (exemption) Exemption allowed subject to all just exceptions. CRL.M.C. 2858/2026 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No.132/2024 dated 26.03.2024, registered at Police Station Dwarka North, 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 21.10.2017, as per Hindu rites and Signature Not Verified CRL.M.C. 2858/2026 1 Signed By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:18.04.2026 16:01:40 customs. No child is born from the abovesaid wedlock. 3. However, on account of temperamental differences, the parties started residing separately and when a complaint was lodged by respondent No.2, it resulted into registration of the abovesaid FIR. 4. Charge-sheet has already been filed but charges have yet not been ascertained. 5. Fact remains that parties have been able to amicably resolve the matter under the aegis of Counselling Cell, Family Court, Tis Hazari on 02.06.2025. 6. It is in the abovesaid backdrop that quashing is being sought. 7. Petitioners are present in Court. 8. Respondent no. 2 is present in person and she has been duly identified by her counsel