$~20 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010350952026 + CRL.M.C. 5590/2026, CRL.M.A. 23343/2026 ANKIT SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Advocate with petitioner in person versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for the State with SI Prachi Ahlawat Advocate (appearance not given) for R-2 with R-2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 25.08.2026 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No.20/2025 dated 17.03.2025 registered at PS.: Cyber Crime Station West, Delhi under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of Memorandum of Understanding dated 20.08.2025 (Annexure P2), whereby the petitioner and the respondent no.2 have mutually resolved 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 the respondent no.2 also accepts notice and 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 29/08/2026 at 15:13:03 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 Memorandum of Understanding dated 20.08.2025, wherein it is recorded that the petitioners have already paid the respondent no.2 a total sum of Rs.5,20,000/- as full and final settlement of all her 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 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, 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.20/2025 dated 17.03.2025 registered at PS.: Cyber Crime Station West, Delhi under Section 318(4) of the BNS and all proceedings emanating therefrom 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 29/08/2026 at 15:13:03 are hereby quashed. 9. As such, the present petition, alongwith the pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J AUGUST 25, 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 29/08/2026 at 15:13:03