$~70 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4167/2026 PRADEEP DEDHA & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Petitioners-in-person versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, APP for State. SI Shubhanshu, PS Kalyanpuri Respondent no.2-in-person CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN O R D E R % 24.07.2026 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. By way of the present petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Cr.P.C.’) read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘BNSS’), the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 0355/2019, registered at Police Station Kalyanpuri, for the offences punishable under Sections 509/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IPC’), along with all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, on the basis of an amicable settlement arrived at between the parties. 3. Issue notice. 4. Learned APP for the State accepts notice on behalf of the State. 5. The petitioners and Respondent No. 2 are present before this Court and 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 14:38:09 have been duly identified by the concerned Investigating Officer. 6. Briefly stated, the present FIR came to be registered pursuant to a verbal altercation that allegedly took place between the petitioners and Respondent No. 2 on 27.07.2019. During the pendency of the proceedings, with the intervention of family members, neighbours and other well-wishers, the parties amicably resolved all their disputes and executed a Memorandum of Understanding dated 30.04.2026. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in terms of the said settlement, Respondent No. 2 has agreed to cooperate in the quashing of the present FIR and no longer wishes to pursue the criminal proceedings. 7. On a query put by this Court, Respondent No. 2/complainant, who is present in Court and has been duly identified by the Investigating Officer, states that she has entered into the Memorandum of Understanding dated 30.04.2026 voluntarily, of her own free will and without any force, coercion or undue influence. She further states that she has no objection if the present FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. 8. In view of the fact that the parties have amicably resolved their disputes of their own volition and Respondent No. 2 no longer wishes to pursue the matter, no useful purpose would be served by continuing the criminal proceedings. Continuation thereof would only result in unnecessary litigation between the parties. This Court finds no legal impediment in exercising its inherent jurisdiction to quash the FIR in the facts and circumstances of the present case. 9. Accordingly, FIR No. 0355/2019, registered at Police Station Kalyanpuri, for the offences punishable under Sections 509/34 IPC, along with all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, is 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 14:38:09 10. The present petition is disposed of. Pending application(s), if any, also stand(s) disposed of. MADHU JAIN, J JULY 24, 2026/b/P 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 14:38:09