VIVEK KUMAR AND ORS vs GOVT OFNCT OF DELHI AND ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 16thApril, 2026 CRL.M.C. 2370/2025 VIVEK KUMAR AND ORS .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kartikay Mathur with Mr. Devender Dubey, Mr. Ratnish Shrivastava, Advocates. versus GOVT OFNCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP with SI Saurabh Kumar with W/SI Neeraj. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 1081/2021 dated 19.12.2021, registered at Police Station Shalimar Bagh, 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 14.02.2015 as per Hindu rites and customs. Two children were 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. 5. When the parties were referred to Counselling Cell, Family Courts,