$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4753/2026, CRL.M.A. 19948-19949/2026 MOHIT SINCE DECEASED AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ram Narayan Singh, Adv. with petitioners in person versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for the State with Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Adv. SI Vivek Singh and ASI Mohan Lal, PS.: DBG Road R-2 to 6 present in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 23.07.2026 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.499/2024 dated 01.11.2024 registered at PS.: DBG Road, Delhi under Sections 110/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and all proceedings emanating therefrom as the petitioners and respondent nos.2 to 6 have mutually settled all their disputes vide Settlement Deed dated 23.04.2026 (Annexure P5). 2. Issue notice. 3. Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that she 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 25/07/2026 at 11:32:11 4. Learned counsel for the respondent nos.2 to 6 also accepts notice and submits that the respondent nos.2 to 6 have 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 nos.2 to 6, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Deed dated 23.04.2026, the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes. Respondent nos.2 to 6 hence submit that they do not wish to continue the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners. 6. The petitioners and the respondent nos.2 to 6, 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 petitioners and the respondent nos.2 to 6 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. 8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.499/2024 dated 01.11.2024 registered at PS.: DBG Road, Delhi under Sections 110/3(5) of the BNS and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 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 25/07/2026 at 11:32:11 9. As such, the present petition, alongwith the pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J JULY 23, 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 25/07/2026 at 11:32:11