$~78 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3374/2026 VIKAS ARORA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Alok Pandey, Adv. (through VC) with Petitioner-in-person versus THE STATE OF NCT & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for State. Respondent no.2-in-person. (through VC) SI Preeti Ahlawat, PS Begumpur. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN O R D E R % 09.07.2026 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. By the way of the present petition the petitioner is seeking quashing of FIR No. 342/2013, registered at Police Station Begum Pur, Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 120B Indian Penal Code,1860 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IPC’), and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of the settlement arrived at between the parties. 3. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 4. The petitioner and respondents no. 2 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer. 5. Brief facts of the case are that the present FIR came to be registered in 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 14/07/2026 at 11:16:37 relation to a property dispute. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the dispute between the petitioner and Respondent No. 2 has been amicably settled vide Settlement Agreements dated 17.01.2019 and 18.01.2019. It is further submitted that the FIR has already been quashed with the co-accused, Surender Aggarwal, vide order dated 04.02.2019 passed by this Court, and Respondent No. 2 does not wish to pursue the proceedings against the present petitioner. 6. On a query made by this Court, respondent no. 2 who has been identified by the IO, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise, vide Settlement Agreements dated 17.01.2019 and 18.01.2019, out of his own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. Therefore, she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 7. In view of the above, that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will, and without any coercion, 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. 8. Accordingly, FIR No. 342/2013, registered at Police Station Begum Pur, Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 120B of the IPC, 1860, along with all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, is hereby quashed qua the petitioner, Vikas Arora, only. It is clarified that the FIR qua the co-accused, Surender Aggarwal, already stands quashed vide order dated 04.02.2019 passed by this Court. 9. The present petition is disposed of. 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 14/07/2026 at 11:16:37 10. Pending application(s), if any, also stand(s) disposed of. MADHU JAIN, J JULY 9, 2026/b/rm 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 14/07/2026 at 11:16:37