RISHABH KANNOJIYA & ORS. vs THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~85 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 15th May, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 3847/2026 & CRL.M.A. 15630/2026 RISHABH KANNOJIYA & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajesh Singh, Advocate. Petitioners (through video-conferencing) versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Singh, APP for the State with ASI Sushma Chauhan. Respondent No.2 (through video-conferencing) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 0228/2025 dated 13.04.2025, registered at Police Station Moti Nagar, Delhi, for commission of offences under Sections 316(2)/74/3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 (corresponding Sections 407/354/34 IPC) and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. A marriage between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2 was scheduled for 09.04.2025. However, before such marriage, petitioner No.1 had, as per the allegations appearing in the FIR, touched prosecutrix inappropriately. He, later on, stopped talking to her and when his family members put a demand of dowry, despite the fact that they had booked a Banquet Hall for marriage, the marriage was called off. After calling off the marriage, the FIR in question was registered on 13.04.2025. 3. Charge-sheet has been prepared but it is under scrutiny. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CRL.M.C. 3847/2026 1 By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:16.05.2026 15:47:17 4. Quashing is being sought for the reason that the parties have entered into compromise. 5. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 11.03.2026 has been placed on record and as per such MoU, with the intervention of family members, re