$~72 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010355752026 + CRL.M.C. 5653/2026, CRL.M.A. 23636/2026 SUCHIT KUMAR @ SUCHET KUMAR ...Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Kumar, Mr. Karamveer Tanwar, Mr. Sandeep Kumar and Mr. Prabhant Kumar, Advs. versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. ...Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP for State with Mr. Gourav Singh, Ms. Upasana Bakshi and Ms. Divya Bakshi, Advs. SI Vijay Shankar, PS.: Sunlight Colony, Delhi Mr. R. P. Singh, Adv. for R-2 with R-2 present 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, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.215/2024 dated 26.06.2024 registered at PS: Sunlight Colony under Sections 279/338 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 before the Mediation Centre, Saket Courts, New Delhi vide Mediation Settlement dated 19.01.2026 (Annexure P3). 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 11:30:02 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 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 Mediation Settlement dated 19.01.2026, whereby the petitioners have already paid the respondent no.2 a total sum of Rs.2,40,000/- as full and final settlement of all his present, past and future claims and as such, the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes. Respondent no.2 hence submits that he 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 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 11:30:02 in futility. 8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.215/2024 dated 26.06.2024 registered at PS: Sunlight Colony under Sections 279/338 IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. As such, the present petition alongwith the pending application is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J. AUGUST 05, 2026/bh 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 11:30:02