$~82 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010434382026 + CRL.M.C. 6795/2026, CRL.M.A. 28407/2026 MANISH JAISAWAL AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Dilip Kumar Arya, Adv. with petitioners versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP SI Vinod Kumar, PS: Maidan Garhi and SI Lal Bahadur Respondent no.2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 15.09.2026 1. Amended memo of parties handed by learned counsel for the petitioners is taken on record. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners, at the outset, submits that since petitioner no.5, i.e. Mr. Ganesh Prasad Jaiswal has already been discharged by the learned Trial Court vide order dated 21.05.2025 in Crl Case No.15734/2024 entitled ‘State vs. Mayank Jaiswal & Ors.’, the present petition is not pressed qua him. 3. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.262/2022 dated 17.06.2022 registered at PS: Maidan Garhi under 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 17/09/2026 at 11:28:05 Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of Settlement dated 27.02.2026 before the Delhi Mediation Centre, Saket Courts, New Delhi (Annexure A2), whereby the petitioners and the respondent no.2 have mutually resolved their disputes. 4. Issue notice. 5. Learned APP accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 6. Respondent no.2 also accepts notice and submits she has no objection if the present petition is allowed. 7. 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 27.02.2026 whereby out of total settlement amount of Rs.25,00,000/-, the petitioner no.1 has already paid to the respondent no.2 an amount of Rs.17,50,000/- and the remaining sum of Rs.7,50,000/- has been paid to her by way of a Demand Draft being DD No.049094 dated 14.09.2026 drawn on State Bank of India as full and final settlement of all her present, past and future claims including alimony, maintenance, etc. They submit that the marriage inter se the respondent no.2 and petitioner no.1 has since been dissolved by mutual consent under Section 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 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. 8. The petitioners and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials as on record, have been identified by the IO. 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 17/09/2026 at 11:28:05 9. As noted above, a settlement based on mutual terms between the petitioners 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. 10. Therefore, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.262/2022 dated 17.06.2022 registered at PS: Maidan Garhi under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC as also all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 11. Accordingly, the present petition, alongwith pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J SEPTEMBER 15, 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 17/09/2026 at 11:28:05