VIPIN KUMAR & ANR. vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~66 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 30th March, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 2324/2026 & CRL.M.A. 9460/2026 VIPIN KUMAR & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vikas Tiwari with Ms. Ananya Tyagi, Advocates with petitioner No.1. Petitioner No.2 through V.C. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State with SI Sunita, PS Pul Prahald Pur. Ms. Rashi Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No.2 with respondent No.2 through V.C. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No.168/2022 dated 25.03.2022, registered at Police Station Pul Prahlad Pur, 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 21.11.2011, as per Hindu rites and customs. The couple was blessed with baby boy from the abovesaid wedlock. 3. However, on account of temperamental differences, the parties started residing separately w.e.f. March, 2018 and when a complaint was lodged by Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 2324/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:01.04.2026 18:09:36 respondent No.2, it resulted into registration of the abovesaid FIR. 4. Charge-sheet has already been filed. 5. When the parties were referred to mediation, they reached amicable resolution. Such settlement has taken place under the aegis of Mediation Centre, Saket Courts, New Delhi. Parties have agreed to part ways in a graceful manner as would be apparent from Mediation Order dated 22.09.2025. Parties have also agreed to withdraw their respective cases. 6. Pursuant to such settlement, parti