$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 474/2026 M/S GHANSHYAM SEWA SAMITI PRESIDENT LAL CHAND JAIN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Raj Kumar Jain, Adv. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anand V. Khatri, ASC with ASI Babu Ram and SI Anil, PS Seema Puri Respondent no.2 in person 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. 0634/2025, registered at Police Station Seema Puri, Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 289 and 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘BNS’), and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of the settlement arrived at between the parties. 3. Issue notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice. 4. The legal heir of the deceased is present before this Court and has been duly identified by the Investigating Officer (IO) concerned. 5. Brief facts of the case are that on 11.08.2025, Shishu Pal, who was working as a cook at Bebe Nanki Ji Gurudwara, Dilshad Garden, allegedly 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 11:42:49 suffered an electric shock and was declared dead at GTB Hospital. Pursuant thereto, the present FIR came to be registered. Thereafter, the parties amicably resolved their disputes vide Settlement Deed dated 12.08.2025. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, in terms of the settlement arrived at between the parties, the entire settled amount of ₹7,00,000/- has been paid to the legal heir of the deceased , that is respondent no. 2, in terms of the Settlement Deed dated 12.08.2025. It is further submitted that, with the said payment, the terms and conditions of the settlement stand fully complied with and nothing further remains payable by either party under the settlement. 7. Respondent No. 2 submits that he has received the entire settled amount of ₹7,00,000/- in terms of the Settlement Deed dated 12.08.2025 and has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 8. In view of the fact that the parties have amicably resolved all their disputes, the entire settlement amount has been paid, and the legal heirs of Respondent No. 2 have no objection to the quashing of the FIR, no useful purpose would be served by continuing the criminal proceedings. There is no legal impediment to quashing the FIR in the facts and circumstances of the present case. 9. Accordingly, FIR No. 0634/2025, registered at Police Station Seema Puri, Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 289 and 106(1) of the BNS, and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, are hereby quashed. 10. The present petition, along with pending application(s), if any, stands 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 11:42:49 11. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. 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 11:42:49