$~89 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010432752026 + CRL.M.C. 6771/2026, CRL.M.A. 28331/2026 HEMLATA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Atul Kharbanda and Mr. Kapil Sethi, Advs. with petitioners in person versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP SI R.P. Meena, PS: Palam Village Mr. A.N. Affamal and Ms. Hem Lata Garg, Advs. for R2 to 4 alongwith R2 to 4 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 14.09.2026 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.441/2018 dated 19.11.2018 registered at PS.: Palam Village under Sections 420/467/468/471/34 of the Indian Penal Code,1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom as the petitioners and respondent nos.2 to 7 have mutually settled all their disputes vide Mediation Settlement dated 08.11.2023 before the Mediation Centre, Dwarka Courts, New Delhi. 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 16/09/2026 at 11:38:46 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 nos.2 to 7 also accepts notice and submits that the respondent nos.2 to 7 have 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 nos.2 to 7, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid Mediation Settlement dated 08.11.2023, wherein it is recorded that they have amicable settled all their inter se disputes and as such, the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes. Respondent nos.2 to 7 hence submit that they do not wish to continue with the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners. 6. The petitioners and the respondent nos.2 to 7, 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 petitioners and the respondent nos.2 to 7 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. 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 16/09/2026 at 11:38:46 8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.441/2018 dated 19.11.2018 registered at PS.: Palam Village under Sections 420/467/468/471/34 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. As such, the present petition, alongwith pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J SEPTEMBER 14, 2026/Ab 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 16/09/2026 at 11:38:46