$~24 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010282022026 + CRL.M.C. 4643/2026, CRL.M.A. 19345/2026, CRL.M.A. 19346/2026 RAKESH JAIN .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Sangeeta Jain, Advocate with petitioner in person versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP SI Amisha Kumari, PS: Safdarjung Enclave Advocate (appearance not given) for R-2 with R-2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 05.08.2026 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioner seeks quashing of the FIR No.192/2021 dated 15.07.2021 registered at PS.: Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi under Sections 354A/506 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 30.06.2026. 2. Issue notice. 3. Learned APP for the State accepts notice. He submits that although the offence involved is grave in nature, however, since the parties have 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 07/08/2026 at 11:29:59 entered a settlement, he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 4. Learned counsel for the respondent no.2 also accepts notice and submits that the respondent no.2 has 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 no.2, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Agreement dated 30.06.2026, whereby the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes since they intend to live peacefully. Respondent no.2 hence submits that she does not wish to continue with the aforesaid FIR against the petitioner. 6. The petitioner and the respondent no.2, 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. 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 07/08/2026 at 11:29:59 8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.192/2021 dated 15.07.2021 registered at PS.: Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi under Sections 354A/506 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. As such, the present petition, alongwith the pending applications, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J. AUGUST 05, 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 07/08/2026 at 11:29:59