Sonu Mangal & Ors. v. The State Govt of NCT of Delhi & Anr.

1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 0443/2023 dated 28.06.2023, registered at Police Station Dabri, 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 the parties.

2. The marriage between complainant (respondent No.2 herein) and petitioner No.1 was solemnized on 19.02.2018, as per Hindu rites and customs. No child is born from the abovesaid wedlock.

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 but charges are yet not ascertained.

5. With the intervention of common friends and relatives, parties have entered into a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 12.02.2026 and have been able to resolve all their disputes and have decided CRL.M.C. 5373/2026 2 to part ways gracefully.

6. As per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) executed between the parties on 12.02.2026, the parties have agreed to part ways in a graceful manner. Respondent No. 2 is not interested in seeking any maintenance, alimony and has knowing relinquished her such legal rights.

7. It is in the abovesaid backdrop that quashing is being sought.

8. Respondent no. 2 has joined the proceedings through video-conferencing and she has been duly identified by her counsel who has also joined the proceedings through video-conferencing as well as by Investigating Officer who is in Court.

9. When asked, respondent No. 2 reiterates the terms of abovesaid settlement. She also submits that there is already a divorce between them by way of mutual consent on 23.03.2026. She states that she has entered into the abovesaid settlement out of her own free will, without any coercion and influence from any corner whatsoever and therefore, she would have ‘no objection’ if FIR in question is quashed. She reiterates waiving of her rights to seek maintenance and alimony.

10. In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, continuing with criminal proceedings would serve no useful purpose, especially, when dispute does not involve any public interest and is, primarily, private in nature. In any case, even the complainant does not wish to press any charges against the petitioners.

11. Accordingly, exercising inherent powers vested in this Court under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, it is deemed appropriate to quash the instant FIR.

12. Consequently, to secure the ends of justice, FIR No. 0443/2023 dated CRL.M.C. 5373/2026 3 28.06.2023, registered at Police Station Dabri, for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, is, hereby, quashed. Original affidavits and MoU of the parties, copies of which have been placed on record in the present proceedings, shall be submitted before the learned Trial Court within four weeks from today, so that these become part of Trial Court Record.

13. The petition stands disposed of in aforesaid terms.

JUDGE JULY 30, 2026/nr/sy