ASHISH BHATTACHARYA AND ORS vs STATE GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~5 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 13th May, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 1684/2025 ASHISH BHATTACHARYA AND ORS .....Petitioner Through: Mr. A.P. Shukla and Mr. Satya Dwivedi, Advocates. Petitioner (through V.C.) versus STATE GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with SI Kunal Kishor. 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. 0634/2022 dated 10.08.2022, registered at Police Station Karol Bagh, 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 30.01.2019, as per Hindu rites and customs. No child is born from the abovesaid wedlock. 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. Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 1684/2025 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:15.05.2026 10:34:59 5. However, when the matter was referred to mediation, the parties were able to amicably resolve the matter under the aegis of Delhi Mediation Centre, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi on 05.01.2024. 6. It is in the abovesaid backdrop that quashing is being sought. 7. Respondent no. 2-Ms. Abhinaya Das is present through video conferencing and she has been duly identified by Investigating Officer. 8. When asked, respondent No. 2 reiterates the terms of abovesaid settlement. She also submits that there is already a divorce between them