$~87 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4902/2026, CRL.M.A. 20565/2026 DILIP KUMAR & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Petitioners present in person versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP for State Mr. Nitesh Kumar, Adv. for R-2 (through VC) with R-2 in person SI Abhimanyu, PS.: Sonia Vihar CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 16.07.2026 Advocates are abstaining from work on account of the strike by DHCBA. 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.417/2021 dated 14.09.2021 registered at PS.: Sonia Vihar, North- East District, Delhi under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code,1860 (IPC) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (DP Act) and all proceedings emanating therefrom as the petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2 have mutually settled all their disputes vide Memorandum of Understanding dated 10.07.2025. 2. Issue notice. 3. Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 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 18/07/2026 at 11:29:20 4. Learned counsel for the respondent no.2 also accepts notice and submits that the respondent no.2 has no objection if the present petition is allowed. 5. This Court has further had the occasion of interacting with the petitioners as well as the respondent no.2, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid Memorandum of Understanding dated 10.07.2025, wherein it is recorded that the petitioner no.1 has already paid the respondent no.2 the total settlement sum of Rs.4,50,000/- as full and final settlement of all the present, past and future claims and as such, the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes. Respondent no.2 hence submits that she does not wish to continue the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners. 6. The petitioners and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials, as on record, have been duly identified by the IO. 7. As noted above, a settlement based on mutual terms between the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2 is the basis of filing the present petition, which is accompanied by their respective affidavit(s) qua the said effect. In view thereof, the present is a fit case for quashing the aforesaid FIR. Accordingly, as also 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, and also since there is nothing left to corroborate and prove the case of the prosecution, continuation of the present FIR 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 18/07/2026 at 11:29:20 8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.417/2021 dated 14.09.2021 registered at PS.: Sonia Vihar, North-East District, Delhi under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC and Section 4 of DP Act and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. As such, the present petition, alongwith the pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J JULY 16, 2026/bh 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 18/07/2026 at 11:29:20