$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010356892026 + CRL.M.C. 5665/2026 DHEERAJ KUMAR SHARMA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. S. K. Khan and Ms. Mishty Sharma, Advs. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for the State with Ms. Vanshika Singh and Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Advs. SI Shakti Singh, PS Welcome Mr. Kashif Ahmad Khan, Adv. for R-2 alongwith R-2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 02.09.2026 CRL.M.A.27043/26 (By pet. for placing on record the settlement/ compromise deed as Annexure P-4 afresh) 1. By virtue of the present application, petitioners seek to place on record the fresh Settlement/ Compromise Deed on record. 2. For the reasons stated, the application is allowed and the fresh Settlement/ Compromise Deed dated 12.08.2026 is taken on record. 3. The application is accordingly disposed of. CRL.M.C. 5665/2026, CRL.M.A. 23695/2026 4. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioners seek quashing of 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 05/09/2026 at 10:03:06 FIR No.90/2019 dated 10.02.2019 registered at PS.: Welcome under Sections 354A/354D/506/509/34 of the Indian Penal Code,1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom as the petitioners and respondent no.2 have mutually settled all their disputes vide fresh Settlement/ Compromise Deed dated 12.08.2026. 5. Issue notice. 6. Learned APP accepts notice and records her objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR; however, she submits that the same may be decided in accordance with law. 7. Learned counsel for respondent no.2 also accepts notice and submits that respondent no.2 has no objection if the present petition is allowed. 8. 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 Settlement/ Compromise Deed dated 12.08.2026 and submit that they have amicably settled all their disputes and as such, they have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes and they wish to continue their lives in peace. Respondent no.2 hence submit that she does not wish to continue with the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners. 9. 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. 10. Upon an overall consideration of the existing facts and circumstances, even though this Court is mindful that the present FIR has been registered Sections 354A/354D/506/509/34 of IPC, however, this Court is inclined to quash the present FIR in exercise of its inherent 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 05/09/2026 at 10:03:06 powers under Section 528 of the BNSS, particularly, the private parties have arrived at a settlement based on mutual terms and the same is the basis of filing the present petition as they wish to live their respective life peacefully, 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. 11. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed FIR No.90/2019 dated 10.02.2019 registered at PS.: Welcome under Sections 354A/354D/506/ 509/34 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 12. As such, the present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J SEPTEMBER 2, 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 05/09/2026 at 10:03:06