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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 30th July, 2026
NIRMAL SINGH ALIAS NIRMAL SRIVASTAVA & ORS. .....Petitioner
Through: Ms. Chhaya Arya and Mr. J.K.
Sharma, Advocates.
Petitioner in person.
Through: Mr. Yasir Rauf Ansari, ASC for the State with Mr. Alok Sharma and Ms. Pavitra Dixit, Advocates.
W/SI Pushpinder Kaur.
Mr. Sitaram, Advocate for respondent No.2 alongwith respondent No.2 in person.
JUDGMENT
1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 151/2025 dated 15.03.2025, registered at Police Station Aman Vihar, 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 01.03.2022, as per Hindu rites and customs. No child is born from the abovesaid wedlock.
3. However, on account of temperamental differences, the parties started W.P.(CRL) 2261/2026 2 residing separately and when a complaint was lodged by respondent No.2, it resulted into registration of the abovesaid FIR.
4. Charge-sheet has yet not been filed.
5. However, when the matter was referred to mediation, the parties were able to amicably resolve the matter under the aegis of Delhi Mediation Centre, Rohini District Courts, Delhi on 28.09.2025.
6. It is in the abovesaid backdrop that quashing is being sought.
7. Respondent no. 2 is present in person with her mother. 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.As per settlement terms, both the parties are living together since 10.09.2025 and have agreed to live together peacefully. 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.
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 under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, it is deemed appropriate to quash the instant FIR.
11. Consequently, to secure the ends of justice, FIR No. 151/2025 dated 15.03.2025, registered at Police Station Aman Vihar, for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, along with all consequential W.P.(CRL) 2261/2026 3 proceedings arising therefrom, is, hereby, quashed.
12. Original affidavits, copies of which have been placed on record in the present proceedings, shall be submitted before the concerned SHO/IO within four weeks from today.
13. The petition stands disposed of in aforesaid terms.
14. Pending application also stands disposed of.
JUDGE JULY 30, 2026/ss/sk