NEHA JAIN vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 12th January, 2026 CRL.M.C. 208/2026 NEHA JAIN .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Shivani and Mr. Prashu Jain, Advocates. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for the State with SI Akash Kumar. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. The petitioner/ complainant seeks quashing of FIR No. 57/2021 dated 31.01.2021, registered at P.S. Bhajan Pura, under Sections 498A, 406, 34 IPC, along with consequential proceedings arising therefrom, based on compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. Petitioner-Neha got married respondent No.2-Mr. Ashish Jain on 18.06.2017 as per the Hindu rites and customs. There is no child from the abovesaid marriage. 3. The petitioner, however, lodged complaint against her husband and in-laws, due to certain temperamental differences, resulting in the registration of FIR in question. 4. Fact, however, remains that charge-sheet has yet not been filed and in the interregnum, the mother-in-law of the petitioner has also reportedly expired. 5. The parties have, however, settled all their disputes before Delhi Mediation Centre, Kar