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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 27th July, 2026
ARUN KUMAR SADANA & ORS. .....Petitioner
Through: Ms. Varsha Gola, Advocate with petitioners.
Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP with W/ASI Sunita and SI Ritu.
Mr. Abhinav Vasudev, Mr. Akash Gupta, Advocates for R-2 with R-2 in person.
JUDGMENT
1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 201/2024 dated 20.06.2024, registered at Police Station Mohan Garden, New Delhi 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 14.04.2023, as per Hindu rites and customs. No child was 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 and charges have also been framed. CRL.M.C. 5260/2026 2
5. However, when the matter was referred to counselling, the parties were able to amicably resolve the matter under the aegis of Counselling Cell, Family Courts, West, Rohini on 16.07.2025. Copy of Settlement Agreement dated 16.07.2025 has also been placed on record.
6. It is in the abovesaid backdrop that quashing is being sought.
7. Respondent no. 2 is present in person and she has been duly identified by her counsel as well as by Investigating Officer.
8. 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 15.04.2026. She states that she has agreed to accept a total sum of Rs. 4,25,000/- as full and final settlement in lieu of istridhan, alimony, maintenance for self (past, present and future). She submits that she has already received Rs. 2,75,000/- and the balance amount of Rs. 1,50,000/has been received today in the shape of Demand Draft drawn on Punjab National Bank. She also 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.
9. 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.
10. Accordingly, exercising inherent powers vested in this Court underSection 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, it is deemed appropriate to quash the instant FIR. CRL.M.C. 5260/2026 3
11. Consequently, to secure the ends of justice, FIR No. 201/2024 dated 20.06.2024, registered at Police Station Mohan Garden, New Delhi for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, is, hereby, quashed, subject to petitioners depositing cost of Rs. 10,000/- with Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee within four weeks. Proof of deposit of cost, original MoU along with original affidavits of the parties shall be submitted before the learned Trial Court on the next date of hearing, which is stated to be 09.09.2026.
12. The petition stands disposed of in aforesaid terms.
13. The pending application also stands disposed of.
JUDGE JULY 27, 2026/sw/pb