DEVENDER SEHRAWAT & ORS. vs THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~62 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 04th May, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 3402/2026 & CRL.M.A. 13731/2026 DEVENDER SEHRAWAT & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. B.S. Jakhar, Mr. Vikram Singh Jakhar, Mr. Neeraj Jakhar, Ms. Bhawna Jakhar, Mr. Shubham Dabas, Mr. Viraj Rathee and Mr. Pulak Kathpalia, Advocates. Petitioners in person. versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with ASI Ramaniwas. Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate for R-2 alongwith 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. 0055/2024 dated 27.01.2024, registered at Police Station K.N. Katju Marg, Delhi, for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/506/34 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 09.12.2020, as per Hindu rites and customs. There is no child from the abovesaid wedlock. Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 3402/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:05.05.2026 17:29:47 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. Fortunately, with the intervention of family elders and well-wishers, parties have entered into a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 29.09.2025, and have been able to resolve all their disputes and have decided to part ways, gracefully. 6. It is in the abovesaid backdrop that quashing is being sought. 7. Respondent no. 2 is pre