$~77 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 6607/2025 DEEPAK KUMAR AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ranjan Kumar Prasad, Advocate along with petitioners-in-person. versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for the State with Ms. Pragati Gupta, Advocate Respondent nos. 2 and 3-in-person. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 17.09.2025 CRL.M.A. 27827/2025 (exemption) 5. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 6. Application stands disposed of. CRL.M.C. 6607/2025 7. By way of the present petition, the petitioners are seeking quashing of FIR bearing no. 895/2018, registered at Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 354/452/323/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC’). 8. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 9. The petitioners and respondent nos. 2 and 3 are present before this Court in person. They have been identified by their counsels and concerned 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 20/09/2025 at 12:29:01 Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi. 10. Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that on 22.12.2018, at about 10:45 AM, a quarrel had taken place between the petitioners and the respondent nos. 2 and 3. It is stated that on the complaint of respondent nos. 2 and 3, the present FIR was registered against the petitioners under the relevant sections. It is stated that both the parties have amicably settled the present matter vide Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 26.07.2025, entered between them. 11. On a query made by this Court, respondent nos.2 and 3 who have been identified by the concerned IO, have categorically stated that they have entered into compromise out of their own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. It is also stated by respondent no. 2 that the entire dispute has been amicably settled between the parties. Respondent nos. 2 and 3 further stated that they have no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 12. In view of the above fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences of their own free will, without any coercion and no useful purpose will be served by continuing the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them. It would thus be in interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question. 13. Accordingly, FIR bearing no. 895/2018, registered at Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 354/452/323/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed, subject to each petitioner depositing a sum of Rs. 10,000/- with the Delhi Police Welfare Society within a period of two weeks from date since the case pertains to the year 2018. 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 20/09/2025 at 12:29:01 14. In view of the above, the present petition stands disposed of. 15. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J SEPTEMBER 17, 2025/zp 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 20/09/2025 at 12:29:01