W.P.(CRL) 744/2025 Page 1 of 3 $~64 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 744/2025 GOVARDHAN DHANKAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Jagmeet Singh Randhawa, Advocates. versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Yasir Rauf Ansari, ASC for the State with SI Annu, PS Neb Sarai. Ms. Rashi, Advocate for Respondent no.2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN MONGA O R D E R % 28.08.2025 1. Petitioner herein, inter alia, seeks quashing of FIR No. 229/2021 dated 04.06.2021 registered at Police Station Neb Sarai, Delhi, under Sections 323, 354, 506, 509, 34 of IPC, as well as the consequential proceedings arising there from on the basis of compromise. 2. The complainant/victim Respondent No.2 submitted a complaint against the petitioners alleging assault, verbal abuse and threatening. Based on the said complaint the FIR in question was registered and investigation ensued. 3. In the aforesaid backdrop, I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and respondents as well perused the material available on record. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners would plead that continuation of the criminal proceedings would serve no useful purpose and would cause 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 15/09/2025 at 12:26:29 W.P.(CRL) 744/2025 Page 2 of 3 undue hardship to all parties and their families. Therefore, in view of the amicable settlement and in the interest of justice, the FIR and all consequential proceedings be quashed and that in case the FIR is not quashed, unwanted tensions and strain would continue between them. 5. Learned ASC does not dispute the settlement and on the other hand, learned counsel for respondent no. 2 also agrees that FIR be quashed. 6. Complainant is present in person and I have interacted with her. On a query posed to her, she candidly submits that the allegations leveled in the FIR arising out of serious misunderstanding due to the familial acrimony which was the real root cause. She would submit subsequently that in the cross fight that took place where physical connect was there, it had no sexual overture and she regrets having leveled such allegations. 7. Having heard, and seen the settlement deed dated 21.01.2025 and the undertakings of respondent No.2 (complainant/victim), it appears that the disputes between the parties arose out of personal discord due to some misunderstanding perceptions. They have now been amicably resolved. From the record, it appears that the complainant/victim has no objection to the quashing of FIR in question and has consented voluntary and not induced by any coercion or undue influence. The settlement deed submitted in Court has been signed voluntarily by all parties, and reflects a fair and lawful compromise. 8. It transpires that the parties being part of a close knit family intend to live peacefully and in association with each other and do not wish to continue the past enmity which existed between the parties anymore. Parties were previously residing in the same locality in Rohini, but later the petitioner and his family shifted to Pitampura, Delhi. 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 15/09/2025 at 12:26:29 W.P.(CRL) 744/2025 Page 3 of 3 9. Parties have amicably settled their differences and are all family members, I am of the view that no useful purpose would be served to continue with the criminal proceedings. On the other hand, continuation thereof would not only result in unnecessary hostilities which otherwise seem to have been buried and thus quashing would rather result in maintaining the much desired cordiality and the bonhomie for which the parties have endeavoured and eventually in the larger interest, have settled their differences. 10. Continuing the prosecution despite the complainant's stand would serve no constructive purpose and may instead lead to unnecessary hardship to the parties to settlement. Allowing the matter to linger would only rekindle tensions and hinder the process of healing between the parties. 11. Parties have resolved their differences and wish to move on with their lives, this Court thus finds it appropriate to exercise its inherent jurisdiction under Section 528 of BNSS to secure the ends of justice. In this context, reference may be had to guidelines laid down in Supreme Court judgment rendered in Gian Singh vs. State 2012 (10) SCC 303. 12. Accordingly, the petition is allowed. The FIR No. 229/2021 dated 04.06.2021 registered at Police Station Neb Sarai, Delhi, under Sections 323, 354, 506, 509, 34 of IPC, as well as the consequential proceedings arising there from, are hereby quashed. 13. Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of. ARUN MONGA, J AUGUST 28, 2025/nk 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 15/09/2025 at 12:26:29