DAULAT KUMAR @ DAULAT RAM & ORS. vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~76 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 18th March, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 1972/2026 & CRL.M.A. 8095/2026 & CRL.M.A. 8096/2026 DAULAT KUMAR @ DAULAT RAM & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sumit Kumar and Mr. Mayank Tripathi, Advocates with petitioners 1 to 5 in person and petitioner No.6 through V.C. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State with SI Sandeep Tomar, PS Harsh Vihar. Mr. K.D. Soni and Ms. Kanchan, Advocates for respondent No.2 (through V.C.) Respondent No.2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 146/2021 dated 28.02.2021, registered at Police Station Harsh Vihar, for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/506/34 of IPC, along with all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. The marriage between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2 was solemnized on 08.03.2019, as per Hindu traditions, rites and customs. There is no child from the abovesaid wedlock. 3. However, on account of some temperamental differences between the Signature Not Verified CRL.M.C. 1972/2026 1 Signed By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:19.03.2026 18:48:39 parties, they started residing separately since 2020 and. on the basis of complaint lodged by respondent No. 2, abovesaid FIR was registered. 4. Charge-sheet has, though, been filed, charges are yet to be framed. 5. Fact, however, remains that both the parties have been able to amicably settle all their matrimonial disputes and have agreed to part ways in a graceful manner and such settlement terms have been reduced in writing vide Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 27.01.2024. Pursuant to such settlement, partie