MONU CHAUDHARY vs PRIYANKA

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$~91 to 93 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 18th May, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 644/2023 MONU CHAUDHARY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kali Charan, Advocate with petitioner. versus PRIYANKA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate with respondent. 92 + CRL.M.C. 4057/2023 & CRL.M.A. 15270/2023 & CRL.M.A. 17636/2023 & CRL.M.A. 27660-27661/2023 MONU CHAUDHARY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kali Charan, Advocate with petitioner. versus PRIYANKA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate with respondent. 93 + CRL.M.C. 7264/2023 & CRL.M.A. 27101/2023 MONU CHAUDHARY & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kali Charan, Advocate with petitioners. versus STATE & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rupali Bandhopadhya, ASC with Mr. Abhijeet Kumar, Ms. Amisha Gupta, Advocates with SI Rohtash Kumar. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate with respondent No.2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) % 1. Petitioners, inter alia, seek quashing of FIR No.253/2016 dated Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 644/2023 & two other connected matters 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:20.05.2026 11:23:38 28.07.2016 registered at Police Station Karawal Nagar for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. Marriage between petitioner- Monu Chaudhary and respondent- Priyanka was solemnized on 14.01.2013 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. 3. There is one daughter from the abovesaid wedlock. 4. However, on account of some matrimonial discord and temperamental differences, the parties started residing separately and when a complaint was lodged by respondent in CAW Cell, District North, East, Seemapuri, Delhi on 11.03.2016, it resulted into