$~72 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010357102026 + CRL.M.C. 5674/2026, CRL.M.A. 23720/2026 MANOJ & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ramesh Chand Pandey, Adv. (Through VC) versus THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP for State with Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Adv. Mohd. Azad, Adv. for R-2 SI-Pinky Rana, PS: Tigri and SI- Naveen Kumar, PS: Maidan Garhi CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 06.08.2026 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.30/2023 dated 14.01.2023 registered at PS.: Maidan Garhi under Sections 354(B)/341/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom in view of the Mediation Settlement dated 15.05.2026, whereby the petitioners and respondent no.2 have mutually settled all their disputes. 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 respondent no.2 also accepts notice and submits respondent no.2 has no objection if the present petition is allowed. 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 10/08/2026 at 11:17:51 5. This Court has further had the occasion of interacting with the petitioners as well as the respondent no.2, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the Mediation Settlement dated 15.05.2026 and submit that they have amicably settled all their disputes and petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2 are already living together with their child and as such, they 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. 6. The petitioners 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 petitioners and the respondent nos.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.30/2023 dated 14.01.2023 registered at PS.: Maidan Garhi under Sections 354(B)/341/506/34 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 10/08/2026 at 11:17:51 9. As such, the present petition, alongwith pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J AUGUST 6, 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 10/08/2026 at 11:17:51