$~50 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1275/2026 DEEPAK AND ANR .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Shanker and Mr. Sbhubham Mishra, Advocates with petitioners in person. versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for State. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 16.02.2026 CRL.M.A. 5110/2026 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. CRL.M.C. 1275/2026 3. By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR bearing No. 841/2025, registered at Police Station Samaipur Badli, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 85/316(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter ‘BNS’) and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of settlement arrived at between the parties. 4. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 5. All the petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court 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 19/02/2026 at 12:29:56 and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) concerned, Police Station, Samaipur Badli, Delhi. 6. Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between the petitioner no. 1 and the respondent no. 2 was solemnized at Delhi on 07.08.2023, in accordance with Hindu rites. It is stated that due to various differences, disputes and issues had arisen between the petitioners and the respondent no. 2. Upon the complaint by respondent no. 2, the present FIR came to be registered against the petitioners. It is stated that with intervention of the family and friends, the parties have now amicably settled their dispute vide Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 17.10.2025. 7. On a query made by this Court, respondent no. 2 who has been identified by the IO, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. Therefore, she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 8. In view of the above, that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will, and without any coercion, no useful purpose will be served by continuing the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them. It would thus be in interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question. 9. Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 841/2025, registered at Police Station Samaipur Badli, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 85/316(2)/3(5) of BNS and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed. 10. The petition stands disposed 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 19/02/2026 at 12:29:56 11. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J FEBRUARY 16, 2026/vc/gj 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 19/02/2026 at 12:29:56