$~80 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 5084/2026, CRL.M.A. 21321/2026 SHRI ASHUTOSH KUMAR GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Uma Pal and Ms. Bharti, Advs. Versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Adv. SI- Sumit, PS: Jagat Puri and SI- Sachin, PS: Cyber Shahdara CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 22.07.2026 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No.183/2023 dated 20.03.2023 registered at PS.: Jagat Puri under Sections 135/150 of the Indian Electricity Act (Amend), 2003 and all proceedings emanating therefrom as the petitioner and respondent no.2 have mutually settled all their disputes vide Settlement Letter dated 14.01.2023. 2. Issue notice. 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 24/07/2026 at 12:04:53 3. Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 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 petitioner as well as the respondent no.2, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Letter dated 14.01.2023, wherein it is recorded that respondent no.2 is already in receipt of the total settlement/ due amount of Rs.60,645/- and as such, the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes. Respondent no.2 hence submits that he does not wish to continue the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners. 6. The petitioner 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 and the respondent no.2 is the basis of filing the present petition. 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. 8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.183/2023 dated 20.03.2023 registered at PS.: Jagat Puri under Sections 135/150 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 24/07/2026 at 12:04:53 the Indian Electricity Act (Amend), 2003 and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. As such, the present petition, alongwith pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J JULY 22, 2026/Ab 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 24/07/2026 at 12:04:53