$~72 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010387612026 + CRL.M.C. 6112/2026, CRL.M.A. 25563/2026 MOHD SHAHZAD SIDDIQUI AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vikas Kamal, Advocate with petitioners in person versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP for the State with SI Vijay Meena, PS: Seemapuri Mr. Parveen Kumar, Advocate for R-2 with R-2 inperson CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 20.08.2026 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.61/2021 dated 10.02.2021 registered at PS.: Seemapuri under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (DP Act) all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of Settlement Deed dated 07.01.2026 before the Delhi Mediation Centre, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi (Annexure C), whereby the petitioners and the respondent no.2 have mutually resolved their disputes. 2. Issue notice. 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 24/08/2026 at 10:40:38 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 petitioners as well as the respondent no.2, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Deed dated 07.01.2026, in pursuant whereof, the petitioners had already paid her the settlement amount of Rs.3,30,000/- of the total settlement amount of Rs.6,60,000/- and qua the remaining sum of Rs.3,30,000/-, the petitioner has handed over a Demand Draft being DD No.000314 dated 13.08.2026 drawn on Bank of India, as full and final settlement of all her present, past and future claims including alimony, maintenance, etc. They also submit that the marriage inter se the petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2 has since been dissolved by way of Talaq-e-Hasan. 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. 6. The petitioners and the respondent no.2, 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 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 FIR. Accordingly, as also following the law laid down by the Hon’ble 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 24/08/2026 at 10:40:38 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.61/2021 dated 10.02.2021 registered at PS.: Seemapuri under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC and Section 4 of the DP Act as also all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. Accordingly, the present petition, alongwith pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J AUGUST 20, 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 24/08/2026 at 10:40:38