$~10 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4574/2026 RAM KHILADI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sunil Dalal, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Shekhar Kumar, Adv. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Ms. Upasana Bakshi, Ms. Divya Bakshi and Mr. Gourav Singh, Advs. Ms. Himanshu Bidhuri and Ms. Ankita Bidhuri, Advs. for R-2 to 6 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 28.07.2026 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No.161/2017 dated 07.06.2017 registered at PS: Karol Bagh under Sections 288/304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom as the petitioner and respondent no.2 have mutually settled all their disputes vide Settlement Agreement dated 30.07.2018. 2. Issue notice. 3. Learned APP accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 4. Learned counsel for the respondent nos.2 to 6 also accepts 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 30/07/2026 at 14:33:12 and submits that the respondent no.2 to 6 have 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 nos.2 to 6, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Agreement dated 30.07.2018, whereby the petitioner has already paid the respondent no.2 a total sum of Rs.6,00,000/- as full and final settlement of all their present, past and future claims and as such, 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 petitioner. 6. The petitioner 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 petitioner 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. 8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.161/2017 dated 07.06.2017 registered at PS: Karol Bagh under Sections 288/304A IPC 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 30/07/2026 at 14:33:12 9. As such, the present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J JULY 28, 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 30/07/2026 at 14:33:12