RAJENDER KUMAR AND ORS vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

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$~68 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 13th February, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 1247/2026 & CRL.M.A. 5036/2026 RAJENDER KUMAR AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Manjeet Kapil, Advocate along with petitioners-in-person versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for State Respondent No. 2 in person SI Sunil Chander, PS Ambedkar Nagar CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 0070/2018 dated 05.02.2018, registered at Police Station Ambedkar Nagar, for commission of offences under Sections 323/506/509 IPC, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. There was marriage between petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 and, admittedly, parties have already taken divorce. A petition seeking divorce was filed by petitioner no. 1, which has, already, attained finality. 3. After such divorce, respondent no. 2 has married someone else. 4. Proceedings with respect to FIR in question are going on against her husband and his two close relatives. 5. Charge-sheet has already been filed. However, charges are yet to be framed. Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 1247/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:17.02.2026 14:10:49 6. Matter has been amicably settled between the parties. 7. Respondent no. 2 (wife of petitioner no. 1) does not want to pursue the aforesaid FIR and submits that in view of amicable settlement between the parties and since she has already moved on in her life and has re-married, she would have no objection if the FIR in question is quashed. 8. Respondent no. 2 has been identified by her counsel and investigating officer SI Sunil Chander, reiterates the contents