Satyam Kumar & Ors v. The State NCT of Delhi & Anr

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14.11.2025

¶1Writ Petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ('BNSS') has been filed on behalf of the Petitioners for quashing of FIR No.0528/2022 under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, registered at PS: Sonia Vihar, Delhi and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, in terms of Settlement Deed dated 27.01.2023.

¶2Learned Standing Counsel for the State and learned Counsel for Respondent No. 2 appearing on advance Notice, accept Notice.

¶3Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between Petitioner No.1/husband and the Respondent No.2/wife was solemnized on

28.05.2020, according to the Hindu rites and ceremonies. A female child was born out of the said wedlock on 03.03.2021. Due to temperamental issues, Petitioner No.1/husband and Respondent No.2/wife started residing The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. separately since March 2022.

¶4It is further submitted that on 28.09.2022, on Complaint of Respondent No. 2, FIR No.0528/2022 under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC was registered at PS: Sonia Vihar, Delhi.

¶5It is submitted that present FIR was a consequence of the matrimonial disputes between Petitioner No.1/husband and Respondent No.2/wife. It is stated that with the intervention of family members, relatives and well wishers, the Petitioners and Respondent No. 2 have amicably settled all the disputes and differences between them vide Settlement Deed dated

27.01.2023.

¶6The parties are present in the Court and have been identified by the IO. The parties submit that they have arrived at the settlement without any force, coercion and undue influence and pressure and they have signed the Settlement dated 27.01.2023 with their free wish and will.

¶7Learned Counsel for Petitioners submits that the parties have been happily living together for the last two months, since January, 2023 and have no grievance against each other. Since Respondent No.2 has already made a statement before the Court that she does not want to pursue the proceedings in FIR, the present Petition be allowed and FIR No.0528/2022 be quashed.

¶8In view of Settlement Deed dated 27.01.2023, present Writ Petition has been filed.

¶9Respondent No.2 is present and submits that she has no grievance against the Petitioners and also no objection to the quashing of FIR. She affirms that she is happily living together with Petitioner No.1.

¶10In view of the fact that the FIR in question was premised upon a The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. matrimonial dispute between Petitioner No.1/husband and Respondent No.2/ wife, which has been amicably resolved in terms of Settlement dated

27.01.2023. Considering the fact that parties have been living together since January, 2023 and Respondent No.2 has also given no objection to the quashing of FIR, no fruitful purpose would be served in continuing with the proceedings arising out of the FIR.

¶11Consequently, FIR No.0528/2022 under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC, registered at PS: Sonia Vihar, Delhi and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

¶12The Writ Petition along with pending Application is disposed of.

NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. NOVEMBER 14, 2025/R The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 3749/2025, CRL.M.A. 33704/2025 SATYAM KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vishal Patel and Mr. Nishant Dwivedi, Advocates with Petitioners in person. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel with SI Abhimanyu, PS Sonia Vihar. Ms. Divya Verma, Adv. for R-2 with Respondent No.2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA