$~80 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4701/2026 SAURABH SETH ALIAS SAURABH SEITH & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vipin Kumar, Adv. along with Petitioners in person. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP (through VC) SI Pinki Jakhar, PS - Lajpat Nagar. 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. 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. 0241/2025, registered at Police Station Lajpat Nagar, Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the 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. Learned APP for the State accepts notice. 4. The Petitioners and Respondent No. 2 are present before this Court and have been duly identified by the Investigating Officer (IO) concerned. 5. Briefly stated, the marriage between Petitioner No. 1 and Respondent 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 11:16:31 No. 2 was solemnized on 01.12.2021 in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies at Delhi. No child was born out of the said wedlock. Owing to matrimonial disputes and irreconcilable differences, the parties started residing separately with effect from 05.07.2024. Pursuant to a complaint lodged by Respondent No. 2, the present FIR came to be registered against the Petitioners. During the pendency of the proceedings, the parties amicably resolved all their disputes and entered into a Settlement Deed dated 12.12.2025 before the Delhi Government Mediation & Conciliation Centre. The marriage between Petitioner No. 1 and Respondent No. 2 has also been dissolved by a decree of divorce by mutual consent dated 18.04.2026 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, South-East District, Saket Courts, New Delhi. 6. Learned counsel for the Petitioners submits that, in terms of the settlement arrived at between the parties, the entire settled amount of Rs.10,00,000/- has been paid to Respondent No. 2. He submits that the balance amount of Rs.4,00,000/- has been handed over to Respondent No. 2 today in Court by way of Demand Draft bearing No. 067919. It is further submitted that, with the said payment, the terms and conditions of the settlement stand fully complied with and nothing further remains to be paid by either party under the settlement. 7. On a query made by this Court, Respondent No. 2, who has been duly identified by the IO, categorically states that she has entered into the settlement out of her own free will, without any force, coercion or undue influence. She further states that the entire settled amount has been received by her and that she has no surviving claim whatsoever against the Petitioners. She has no objection if the present FIR and all proceedings emanating 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 11:16:31 therefrom are quashed. 8. In view of the fact that the parties have amicably resolved all their disputes, the marriage already stands dissolved by a decree of divorce by mutual consent, the entire settlement amount has been paid, and Respondent No. 2 has no objection to the quashing of the FIR, no useful purpose would be served in 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. 0241/2025, registered at Police Station Lajpat Nagar, Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC, and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, are hereby quashed. 10. The present petition, along with pending application(s), if any, stands disposed of. 11. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. MADHU JAIN, J JULY 9, 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 14/07/2026 at 11:16:31