$~64 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010378602026 + CRL.M.C. 5989/2026, CRL.M.A. 24960/2026-Exp. VAISHNAVEI KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Gaurav Jha, Adv. alongwith petitioner in person versus GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Ms. Upasana Bakshi, Ms. Divya Bakshi and Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Advs. SI Naveen, PS Cyber Central, Kamla Market Mr. Tarun Verma, Adv. for R-2 alongwith R-2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 17.08.2026 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No.42/2022 dated 15.10.2022 registered at PS.: Cyber Police Station Central, Delhi under Sections 354A/354D/509 of the Indian Penal Code,1860 (IPC) and under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act) and all proceedings emanating therefrom as the petitioner and respondent no.2 have mutually settled all their disputes vide Memorandum of Understanding dated 11.08.2026. 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 19/08/2026 at 12:00:05 2. Issue notice. 3. Learned APP for the State 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 also had the occasion of interacting with the petitioner as well as the respondent no.2, who both are present in Court. Respondent no.2 hence submits that she does not wish to continue with the aforesaid FIR against the petitioner as she wants to put a quietus to the dispute herein. 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. 8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.42/2022 dated 15.10.2022 registered at PS.: Cyber Police Station Central, Delhi 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 19/08/2026 at 12:00:05 under Sections 354A/354D/509 of IPC and under Section 67 of the IT Act 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 17, 2026/rr 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 19/08/2026 at 12:00:05