AJIT KUMAR LUNIA AND ANR vs STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 12th January, 2026 CRL.M.C. 200/2026 & CRL.M.A. 767/2026 AJIT KUMAR LUNIA AND ANR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Nisha R. Chauhan, Advocate along with Petitioner No.1 in person. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with SI Suresh Kr. Meena. Ms. Shivangi Sachdeva, Advocate for complainant. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No.686/2024 dated 10.12.2024, registered at P.S. New Usmanpur, under Sections 498A, 406, 34 IPC, along with consequential proceedings, based on compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. Petitioner No.1 got married to respondent No.2-Ms. Divya on 05.02.2022, as per Hindu rites and ceremonies. However, due to certain temperamental differences, the parties started living separately. There is no offspring from the wedlock in question. 3. As per the allegations appearing in FIR, respondent no.2 was subjected to cruelty, harassment by the petitioners, on account of dowry demands. 4. Parties have now amicably settled the matter before Ld. Principal Judge Family Court, Karkardooma,