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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 07th July, 2026
BALVEER SINGH AND ORS.....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Kishore and Mr. Harpreet Singh, Advocates.
Through: Mr. Jitesh Sharma, Mr. Vikash Kumar, Mr. Nikhil Yadav, Advocates for R-2 alongwith complainant.
W/ASI Sunita and SI Ravinder Singh.
JUDGMENT
1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 262/2024 dated 03.08.2024, registered at Police Station Mohan Garden 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 16.10.2022 as per Sikh rites and Ceremonies. No child was born from 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. CRL.M.C. 3045/2026 2
4. Charge-sheet has already been filed but charges are yet to be framed.
5. In the interregnum, both the parties have entered into a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 13.11.2025 and have been able to resolve all their disputes and have decided to part ways, gracefully.
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, who is also present in the court.
8. When asked, respondent No. 2 reiterated the terms of the settlement. She submits that their second motion petition under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 was allowed on 09.03.2026. She states that she has agreed to accept a total sum of Rs.6,00,000/- 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.4,00,000/- and the balance amount of Rs.2,00,000/- has been received today in the shape of Demand Draft drawn on Axis Bank. 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 CRL.M.C. 3045/2026 3 appropriate to quash the instant FIR.
11. Consequently, to secure the ends of justice, FIR No. 262/2024 dated 03.08.2024, registered at Police Station Mohan Garden for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, is, hereby, quashed subject to petitioners depositing total cost of Rs. 10,000/- with Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee (DHCLSC) within four weeks. Proof of deposit of cost and original affidavits of the parties shall be submitted within further two weeks before the learned Trial Court.
12. The present petition stands disposed of in aforesaid terms.
13. Pending application also stands disposed of.
JUDGE JULY 7, 2026/da/js