RAVI SHANKAR AND ORS vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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$~82 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 21stApril, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 3008/2026 RAVI SHANKAR AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Rahul Verma, Advocate with petitioners in person. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State with SI Krishan Varma, PS Inder Puri Mr. Pavan Kumar with Mr. Ashish Kumar, 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. 12240/2026 (exemption) Exemption allowed subject to all just exceptions. CRL.M.C. 3008/2026 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No.219/2021 dated 10.07.2021, registered at Police Station Inder Puri, 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 02.12.2019, as per Hindu rites and ceremony. There is no child from the abovesaid wedlock. Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 3008/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:23.04.2026 11:44:48 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. 5. Fact, however, remains that when parties were referred to Mediation, they were able to resolve all their disputes under the aegis of Delhi Mediation Centre, Karkardooma Courts, New, Delhi vide Mediation order dated 06.05.2025. 6. It is in the abovesaid backdrop that quashing is being sought. 7. Petitioners are present in person. 8. Respondent no. 2 is present in person and