$~12 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010237712026 + CRL.M.C. 4108/2026, CRL.M.A. 16616/2026 VISHWAS OBEROI & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Richa Sharma, Mr. Karan Sachdeva, Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Ms. Aastha Arora, Advocates with petitioners in person versus THE STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for the State with Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Advocate with SI Akanksha, PS: KNK Marg R-2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 12.08.2026 1. Fresh Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 06.08.2026 executed inter se the parties is taken on record. 2. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.488/2017 dated 18.10.2017 registered at PS: KN Katju Marg under Sections 498A/406/377/354/354A/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (DP Act) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of the MoU dated 06.08.2026, whereby the petitioners and the respondent no.2 have mutually resolved 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 11:48:56 their disputes. 3. Issue notice. 4. Learned APP accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 5. Respondent no.2 also accepts notice and submits that she has no objection if the present petition is allowed. 6. This Court has further had the occasion of interacting with the petitioner as well as the respondent no.2, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid MoU dated 06.08.2026, wherein it is recorded that out of total settlement amount of Rs.6,00,000/-, the petitioners have already paid her the settlement amount of Rs.4,00,000/- and the remaining sum of Rs.2,00,000/- has been paid to her by way of a Demand Draft being DD No.961707 dated 18.07.2026 drawn on IDFC First Bank as 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.2 and petitioner no.1 has since been dissolved by mutual consent under Section 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and as such, the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes. Respondent no.2 hence submits that she does not wish to continue with the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners. 7. The petitioners and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials as on record, have been identified by the IO. 8. As noted above, a settlement based on mutual terms between the petitioners 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 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 11:48:56 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. 9. Therefore, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.488/2017 dated 18.10.2017 registered at PS: KN Katju Marg under Sections 498A/406/377/354/354A/34 IPC and Section 4 DP Act, as also all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 10. Accordingly, the present petition, alongwith the pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J AUGUST 12, 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 14/08/2026 at 11:48:56