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2026 DAILYLAW 18563 (DEL)

SANJAY MAHESHWARI & ORS. v. THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT) OF DELHI & ORS.

CRL.M.C./6841/2026 · 2026-09-16

Saurabh Banerjee

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$~80 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010438002026 + CRL.M.C. 6841/2026, CRL.M.A. 28603/2026 SANJAY MAHESHWARI & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Deepak Parashar, Ms. Shreya Mahajan, Mr. Manik Bhardwaj, Mr. Kumar Pradyuman, Advocates with petitioners in person versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT) OF DELHI & ORS.....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Mr. Ashish Priya, Ms. Kirti Gupta, Ms. Urmila Saluja, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Pand, Ms. Upasna Bakshi, Mr. Sourav Suman and Ms. Divya Bakshi, Advocates with SI Manoj Kumar PS: Seelampur Mr. Prakhar Singh, Mr. Neeraj Negi, Advocates with respondents in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 16.09.2026 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.129/2022 dated 22.01.2022 registered at PS.: Seelampur, Delhi under Sections 308/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom as the petitioners and respondent nos.2 and 3 have mutually settled all their disputes vide Settlement Deed dated 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 18/09/2026 at 11:06:30 09.04.2026. 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 nos.2 and 3 also accepts notice and submits that the respondent nos.2 and 3 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 and 3, who all are present in Court. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Deed dated 09.04.2026, whereby the parties have agreed to put a quietus to their disputes. Respondent nos.2 and 3 hence submit that they do not wish to continue with the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners. 6. The petitioners and the respondent nos.2 and 3, 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 and 3 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. 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 18/09/2026 at 11:06:30 8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.129/2022 dated 22.01.2022 registered at PS.: Seelampur, Delhi under Sections 308/506/34 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9. As such, the present petition, alongwith the pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J SEPTEMBER 16, 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 18/09/2026 at 11:06:30