SANDEEP @ SANDEEP BHIKAM VALMIKI & ORS. vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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$~49 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 19th February, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 1409/2026&CRL.M.A. 5642/2026 SANDEEP @ SANDEEP BHIKAM VALMIKI & ORS......Petitioners Through: Mr. Ashok Kumar Sharma, Advocate. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR......Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP with SI Sunita. Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 70/2020 dated 15.03.2020, registered at P.S. Pul Prahlad Pur, for commission of offences under Sections 498-A/406/34 IPC along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. Petitioner No.1 got married to respondent No.2 on 29.06.2018 as per Hindu rites and ceremonies. However, due to certain temperamental differences, the parties started living separately. 3. On account of matrimonial discord, a complaint was lodged by respondent No.2, which resulted into registration of abovesaid FIR. Admittedly, thereafter, they started residing together and were blessed with a baby in the year 2023. However, the difference continued to exist. 4. Fortunately, all the disputes relating to the abovesaid marriage, have been amicably settled under the aegis of Mediation Centre, Saket Courts, New Delhi on 24.07.2025. 5. In terms of such settlement, parties have already obtained divorce by Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 1409/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:21.02.2026 12:05:11 way of mutual consent on 16.01.2026. 6. Respondent No.2 has also filed affidavit, stating therein, that since she has settled all her disputes with the petitioners amicably, she would have no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 7. Respondent No.2 is present in Court