DINESH KUMAR SHEORAN & ORS. vs MOHINI

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$~22 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on: 25.05.2026 + W.P.(CRL) 1584/2026, CRL.M.A. 15755/2026, CRL.M.A. 15756/2026 DINESH KUMAR SHEORAN & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Zeeshan Diwan, Mr. Krishna Multani, Mr. Harsh and MS. Ankita Yadav, Advocates. versus MOHINI .....Respondent Through: None. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT PRATEEK JALAN, J. (Oral) 1. By way of this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioners challenge an order of the learned Mahila Court dated 13.02.2026, by which the court has declined to dispose of the proceedings initiated by the respondent herein against the petitioners, under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [“DV Act”]. The petitioners also seek quashing of the proceedings under the DV Act. The application was predicated on the ground that the petitioners have been acquitted in criminal proceedings based on substantially similar allegations. 2. The factual background of the case is as follows: Signature Not Verified Signed By:BHUPENDER W.P.(CRL) 1584/2026 Page 1 of 8 Signing Date:27.05.2026 20:40:07 A. Petitioner No. 1 is the husband of the respondent, and the other two petitioners are his parents. B. The marriage of petitioner No. 1 and the respondent was solemnised on 08.02.2012. C. The respondent instituted the subject complaint under the DV Act on 14.01.2016. D. The respondent made a complaint before the Crime Against Women [“CAW”] Cell on 02.11.2015, which came to be registered as FIR No. 40/2016 dated 28.01.2016 at P.S. Palam Village, District South West, Delhi, under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”]. E. On 26.11.2024, the petitioners were acquitted in the criminal proceedings. The Trial Court recorded the conclusion that the d