$~65 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4676/2026 MEENA DEVI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Harendra Kumar, Adv. Petitioner in person versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP. Insp. Ombir Singh, ASI Jugender Singh, PS Samaipur Badli. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN O R D E R % 08.07.2026 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CRL.M.A. 19483/2026 (for exemption) 2. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Accordingly, the application is disposed of. CRL.M.C. 4676/2026 3. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘BNSS’), seeking quashing of FIR No. 376/2026 registered at Police Station Samaipur Badli, Delhi, for the offence punishable under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘BNS’) and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom. 4. The Petitioner is the complainant in the present FIR. She lodged a complaint at Police Station Samaipur Badli regarding the missing of her minor 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 13/07/2026 at 16:11:08 daughter. It is submitted that the Petitioner, along with her younger daughter, had gone to her native village in the State of Uttar Pradesh, while her elder daughter was staying with her father in Delhi. 5. Subsequently, on 05.05.2026, she received a telephone call from her husband while she was at her native village informing her that when he returned home in the evening, he could not find their elder daughter. 6. On 07.05.2026, when she returned to Delhi, she made a written complaint before the SHO, Police Station Samaipur Badli, which culminated into the registration of the present FIR bearing No. 376/2026. 7. Subsequently, on 02.06.2026, the Petitioner’s daughter returned home on her own. It is submitted that the said fact was informed to the Investigating Officer concerned and the Petitioner does not wish to pursue the complaint any further. 8. The said FIR has been registered against an unknown person(s). 9. The Petitioner, being the complainant, submits that since her daughter has returned home safely, she does not wish to pursue the present proceedings any further. 10. In the facts and circumstances of the present case, since the Petitioner’s daughter has returned home safely and the Petitioner, being the complainant, does not wish to pursue the complaint any further, no useful purpose would be served in keeping the present FIR and the consequential proceedings alive. There is no legal impediment to quashing the FIR in the facts and circumstances of the present case. 11. Accordingly, FIR No. 376/2026 registered at Police Station Samaipur Badli, Delhi, for the offence punishable under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom 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 13/07/2026 at 16:11:08 are hereby quashed. 12. The present petition, along with pending application(s), if any, stands disposed of. 13. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. MADHU JAIN, J. JULY 8, 2026/ys/m 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 13/07/2026 at 16:11:08