JITENDER AGGRAWAL & ORS. vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 04th May, 2026 CRL.M.C. 8740/2023 JITENDER AGGRAWAL & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Kundan Chandravanshi with Ms. Mehraj Hakim and Ms. Prity, Advocates with petitioner Nos.1, 2, 4 & 5 in person. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with SI Rekha Chauhan, PS Pandav Nagar. Mr. Siddharth Chaudhary with Mr. Anuj Goswami and Mr. Anshu Thakur, Advocates for respondent No.2 with respondent No.2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) CRL.M.A. 13764/2026 Exemption allowed subject to all just exceptions. CRL.M.C. 8740/2023 & CRL.M.A. 13763/2026 (for taking on record settlement deed dated 18.04.2026) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 289/2021 dated 17.06.2021, registered at Police Station Pandav Nagar, 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 2. The marriage between complainant (respondent No.2 herein) and petitioner No.1 was solemnized on 12.12.2018 as per Hindu rites and customs. No child is born from