CRL.L.P. 376/2024 $~77 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.L.P. 376/2024 UMESH KHANNA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashish Kumar Singh, Mr. Kartik Gupta, Mr. Gitesh Sinha, Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Mr. Himanshu Goel, Advocate. versus SCHOLAR PUBLISHING HOUSE PVT LTD AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Ms. Rakhi Tyagi, Advocate for R1-R4. Mr. Jaswinder Singh, Advocate for R5. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 17.07.2026 CRL.M.A. 20740/2026 (for placing on record the settlement agreement) 1. By way of this application, the applicant – petitioner seeks permission to place on record a Settlement Agreement dated 28.03.2026, entered into between the petitioner and respondent Nos. 1 to 4. 2. The parties have settled their disputes on the terms contained therein, which provides for payment of a sum of Rs. 50,00,000/-, in five instalments of Rs. 10,00,000/- each, payable from 15.07.2026 until 15.11.2026. 3. Ms. Rakhi Tyagi, learned counsel for respondent Nos. 1 to 4, who appears on advance notice of this application, states that the said This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/07/2026 at 11:17:24 CRL.L.P. 376/2024 respondents have handed over post-dated cheques drawn in the account of respondent No. 2, i.e. Ramesh Ranade, and that respondent Nos. 1 to 4 undertake that the cheques will be honoured upon presentation. Respondent Nos. 1 to 4 are directed to file their affidavits of undertaking to this effect within a period of one week. 4. Subject to the aforesaid, Mr. Ashish Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, seeks permission to withdraw CRL.L.P. 376/2024, with liberty to revive the petition, in the event the settlement is not honoured. 5. The application is disposed of in terms of the above. CRL.L.P. 376/2024 6. The petition is taken on Board with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, and disposed of in terms of the aforesaid. 7. Pending application also stands disposed of. 8. The next date of hearing, i.e. 16.09.2026, stands cancelled. PRATEEK JALAN, J JULY 17, 2026 tg/mk/ This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/07/2026 at 11:17:24