PUNEET VERMA Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This is a petition under Sec. 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, seeking quashing of FIR No. 314/2023, dtd. 14/8/2023, registered at P.S Kishan Garh, Delhi under Ss. 498A/406/34 IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of settlement between the parties.

(2.) The factual matrix giving rise to the instant case is that the marriage between Petitioner no. 1 and Respondent no. 2/complainant was solemnized on 14/12/2019 as per Hindu Rites and ceremonies at New Delhi. No child was born out of the said wedlock. However, on account of temperamental differences Petitioner no. 1 and Respondent No. 2 are living separately since 26/9/2020.

(3.) As per averments made in the FIR, Respondent No. 2 was subjected to physical and mental harassment on account of dowry demands by the petitioners. It is further alleged that petitioner no. 1 coerced respondent no. 2 into unnatural sex. Chargesheet has since been filed under Sec. 498A/406/377/34 IPC against the petitioners.