PARVESH KUMARI & ANR. v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.
W.P.(CRL)/2133/2026 · 2026-07-22
Saurabh Banerjee
Writ Petition (Criminal)body2026
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PARVESH KUMARI & ANR.
.....Petitioners
Through: Mr. Nitika Tyagi, Advocate with petitioners in person
Versus
STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.
.....Respondents
Through: Mr. Anand V. Khatri, ASC with ASI Vinay, PS: Dwarka Sector-23
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE
O R D E R %
22.07.2026
1. By virtue of the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR No.79/2026 dated 20.03.2026 registered at PS: Dwarka Sector 23, Delhi under Sections 291/125(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and all proceedings emanating therefrom as the petitioners and respondent no.2 have mutually settled all their disputes.
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 24/07/2026 at 12:42:59
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, whereby the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes based on an Oral settlement inter se them. As such, respondent no.2 hence submits that he 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, the present petition has been filed on the basis of an oral settlement amicably arrived at the petitioners and the respondent no.2. 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.79/2026 dated 20.03.2026 registered at PS: Dwarka, Sector 23, Delhi under Sections 291/125(a) of the BNS and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. Lastly, considering the backdrop of pendency of the present proceedings since long, as a gesture of goodwill, the petitioners undertake 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 12:42:59
to deposit a sum of Rs.25,000/- in favour of Delhi High Court Staff Welfare Fund [A/C 15530110074442; IFSC UCBA0001553] within a period of two weeks. 10. As such, the present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J JULY 22, 2026/So 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 12:42:59