$~86 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010431812026 + CRL.M.C. 6757/2026, CRL.M.A. 28262/2026, CRL.M.A. 28263/2026 AMIT KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sukhvir Singh Rathree, Adv. with petitioners versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Mr. Ashish Priya and Ms. Urmila Saluja, Advs. SI Sumit, PS: Jagar Puri and SI Komal, PS: MS Park Mr. S.S. Rathee, Adv. for R2 with R2 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 the FIR No.523/2024 dated 21.09.2024 registered at PS.: Jagar Puri under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of Settlement dated 06.12.2025 (Annexure P2), whereby the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2 have 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 11:46:03 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 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 dated 06.12.2025, wherein it is recorded that they have amicably settled the disputes inter se them 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 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 petitioner no.1 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 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 11:46:03 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.523/2024 dated 21.09.2024 registered at PS.: Jagar Puri under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC as also all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. Accordingly, the present petition, alongwith pending applications, 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 11:46:03