RAUNAQ GUPTA & ORS. vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

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$~89 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 09thApril, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 2664/2026 RAUNAQ GUPTA & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh, Mr. Vishnukant Pandey and Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocates alongwith Petitioners in person. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State with SI Shivam Sahu. [ Respondent No.2 (through V.C.). CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 307/2023 dated 18.05.2023, registered at Police Station Krishna Nagar, Delhi, for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/323/354/354A/354B/354C/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 16.01.2016, as per Hindu rites and customs. No child is born from the abovesaid wedlock. 3. However, on account of temperamental differences, the parties started residing separately since 02.07.2022 and when a complaint was lodged by Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 2664/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:13.04.2026 10:38:11 respondent No.2, it resulted into registration of the abovesaid FIR. 4. Charge-sheet has already been filed. 5. Fortunately, with the intervention of common friends and relatives, parties have entered into a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 31.10.2025 and have been able to resolve all their disputes and have decided to part ways gracefully. 6. It is in the abovesaid backdrop that quashing is being sought. 7. Petitioners are present in Court. 8. Respondent no. 2 has joined the proceedings through video-conferencing and she has been duly identi