$~32 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 2778/2026 MOHD SAHZOR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Rahul Sharma, Adv. versus STATE NCT OFDELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Ms. Upasana Bakshi and Ms. Divya Bakshi, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 08.07.2026 CRL.M.A. 19522/2026 (Delay of 20 days) 1. By virtue of the present application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioners seek condonation of delay of 20 days in filing the Settlement Agreement/ Memorandum of Understanding and affidavits filed by the petitioners and the respondent no.2 and take the same on record. 2. For the reasons stated therein, the present application is allowed and the delay of 20 days in filing the Settlement Agreement/ Memorandum of Understanding and affidavits filed by the petitioners and the respondent no.2 is condoned. 3. The present application is disposed of. CRL.M.C. 2778/2026 4. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya 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 10/07/2026 at 11:25:55 Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.379/2025 dated 26.10.2025 registered at PS: Shaheen Bagh under Sections 115(2)/126/333/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and all proceedings emanating therefrom as the petitioners and respondent no.2 have mutually settled all their disputes vide Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 18.05.2026. 5. Issue notice. 6. Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 7. Mother of respondent no.2, present in Court, also accepts notice and affirms the terms of the aforesaid MOU and submits that she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 8. The petitioner nos. 1 and 2 and natural guardians petitioner no. 3 and respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials, as on record, have been identified by the IO. 9. Facts disclose that a settlement has already been arrived voluntarily between the petitioners and the respondent no.2 and the present petition is accompanied by their respective affidavit(s) qua the said effect. In view thereof, they shall remain bound by all the terms and conditions of the settlement arrived inter se themselves. As such, following the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Jitendra Raghuvanshi & Ors. vs. Babita Raguvanshi & Anr.: (2013) 4 SCC 58, Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab & Anr.: (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder Singh & Ors. vs. State of Punjab & Anr.: (2014) 6 SCC 466, since there is nothing left to corroborate and prove the case of the prosecution, continuation of the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners will be an exercise in futility. 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 10/07/2026 at 11:25:55 10. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.379/2025 dated 26.10.2025 registered at PS: Shaheen Bagh under Sections 115(2)/126/333/3(5) of BNS and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 11. As such, the present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J JULY 8, 2026/Ab 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 10/07/2026 at 11:25:55