PRATEEK BAHUGUNA & ORS. vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 30th March, 2026 CRL.M.C. 2308/2026 PRATEEK BAHUGUNA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Manish Sehrawat, Advocate with petitioners in person. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Mukesh Kumar, APP for the State with ASI Naresh and ASI Puran Singh, PS Dabri. 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. 371/2022 dated 13.04.2022, registered at Police Station Dabri, for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. The marriage between complainant (respondent No.2 herein) and petitioner No.1 was solemnized on 26.04.2018, as per Hindu rites and customs. 3. However, on account of temperamental differences, the parties started residing separately and when a complaint was lodged by respondent No.2, it resulted into registration of the abovesaid FIR. 4. Charge-sheet has already been filed. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the matter has been amicably settled between