$~82 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 2478/2026 NEERAJ KUMAR PRASAD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Arun Kumar Tewari, Mr. Gaurav Parashar, Advocates along with petitioner-in-person. versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with SI Om Yadav. Respondent no. 2-in-person. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 02.04.2026 CRL.M.A. 10092/2026 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. CRL.M.C. 2478/2026 3. By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner is seeking quashing of FIR bearing no. 638/2025, registered at Police Station Palam Village Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter ‘BNS’). 4. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 5. The petitioner and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court in 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 08/04/2026 at 11:48:12 person and have been identified by their counsels and concerned Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Palam Village, Delhi. 6. Briefly stated, facts of the present case as per the complaint are that the petitioner had established physical relations with respondent no. 2 on the false promise of marriage. Thereafter, on the complaint of respondent no.2, the present FIR was registered against the petitioners under the relevant sections. 7. It is stated that both the parties have amicably settled the present matter vide Joint Settlement dated 16.03.2026, entered between them and the petitioner and respondent no. 2 got married on 30.11.2025 as per Hindu rites and ceremony. 8. On a query made by this Court, respondent no.2 who has been identified by the concerned IO, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. It is also stated by respondent no. 2 that the entire dispute has been amicably settled between the parties and she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 9. In view of the above fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will, without any coercion and 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. 10. Accordingly, FIR bearing no. 638/2025, registered at Police Station Palam Village Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 69 of BNS and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom 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 08/04/2026 at 11:48:12 are quashed. 11. In view of the above, the present petition stands disposed of. 12. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J APRIL 02, 2026/zp/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 08/04/2026 at 11:48:12