$~13 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010275942026 + CRL.M.C. 4556/2026 PUNEET CHOPRA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Surender Chauhan, Mr. Shubham Joshi, Advs. alongwith petitioners in person versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Ms. Upasna Bakshi, Ms. Divya Bakshi and Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Advocates SI Prashant Kumar R-2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 12.08.2026 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR No.284/2024 dated 06.05.2024 registered at PS.: North Rohini under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of Settlement dated 15.11.2025 before the Delhi Mediation Centre, Tis Hazari Courts, New Delhi (Annexure P2), whereby the petitioner nos.1, 2 and 3 and the respondent no.3 have mutually resolved their disputes. 2. Issue notice. 3. Learned APP accepts notice on behalf of respondent nos.1 and 2 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 14/08/2026 at 11:48:12 and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 4. Learned counsel for the respondent no.3 also accepts notice and submits that the respondent no.3 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.3, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Deed dated 15.11.2025, wherein it is recorded that out of total settlement amount of Rs.10,00,000/, the petitioners have already paid her the settlement amount of Rs.7,00,000/- and the remaining sum of Rs.3,00,000/- has already been paid to her vide order dated 06.07.2026 passed by this Court as a full and final settlement of all her present, past and future claims including alimony, maintenance, etc. They submit that the marriage inter-se the respondent no.3 and petitioner no.1 has since been dissolved by mutual consent under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and as such, the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes. Respondent no.3 hence submits that she does not wish to continue with the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners. 6. The petitioners and the respondent no.3, present in Court, as well as their credentials as on record, have been identified by the Investigating Officer. 7. As noted above, a settlement based on mutual terms between the petitioner nos.1, 2 and 3 and the respondent no.3 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 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 14/08/2026 at 11:48:12 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. Therefore, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.284/2024 dated 06.05.2024 registered at PS.: North Rohini under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC as also all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J AUGUST 12, 2026/rr 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 14/08/2026 at 11:48:12