NIKUNJ SANGHANI @ NICUNJ SANGHANI AND ORS. vs STATE, GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 4th December, 2025 Pronounced on: 24th February, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 1896/2021, CRL.M.A. 12957/2021 & 34182/2025 1. NIKUNJ SANGHANI @ NICUNJ SANGHANI S/o Sh. Rajesh V. Sanghani R/o 5, Ginesi Ct. Edison, New Jersey – 08817 .....Petitioner No. 1 2. RAJESH SANGHANI S/o Vasantrai Sanghani .....Petitioner No. 2 3. MADHU SANGHANI W/o Sh. Rajesh Sanghani .....Petitioner No. 3 4. RUSHABH SANGHANI S/o Sh. Rajesh Sanghani .....Petitioner No. 4 All Petitioners No. 2 to 4 R/o Plot No. 14, First Floor, Sanskruti Apartments, Samta Layout Ambazari Nagpur, Maharashtra – 440033. Through: Mr. Shashi Shanker, Advocate versus 1. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent No. 1 2. RIDHI KUNDRA D/o Dels Kundra R/o A-6/A, Mansarovar Garden, New Delhi – 110015. .....Respondent No. 2 Through: Mr. Shoaib Haider, APP for the State Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS CRL.M.C. 1896/2021 Page 1 of 21 ARORA Signing Date:26.02.2026 16:32:28 with SI Dhananjay Gupta and ASI Anil Kumar, PS: Kirti Nagar. Mr. Vineet Agarwal, Adv. for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. The present Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), seeking the quashing of FIR No.0478/2020 registered at Police Station Kirti Nagar, Delhi, under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and all consequent proceedings emanating therefrom. 2. The Petitioners invoke the inherent powers of this Court on the ground that the matrimonial dispute between the parties has already been settled amicably by way of a Property Settlement Agreement and a subsequent Decree of Divorce granted by a Competent Court in USA, and the continuation of the present criminal proceedings, cons