$~67 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 2035/2026 RAGHAV NARULA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Anil Singh, Adv. alongwith petitioners Versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Ms. Upasna Bakshi, Advocate with W/SI Babita, PS.: Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi. R-2 present in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 19.03.2026 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR No.597/2023 dated 20.06.2023 registered at PS.: Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of the Settlement Agreement dated 17.08.2024 [Annexure P/2] arrived at between the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2 at the Delhi Mediation Centre, Rohini Court, Delhi, which is accompanied by the respective proofs of identities of the parties herein. 2. Issue notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice, and submits, that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 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 23/03/2026 at 10:27:19 3. Respondent no.2, present in Court, also accepts notice and affirms the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Agreement dated 17.08.2024, and submits that the petitioner no.1 has already paid her the total settlement amount of Rs.10,00,000/- as full and final settlement of all her present, past and future claims. She further submits that her marriage with the petitioner no.1 has since been dissolved by Decree of Divorce dated 23.04.2025 under Section 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1995, and she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 4. 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. 5. Facts disclose that the parties have voluntarily arrived at a settlement, and thus have filed their respective affidavit(s) along with the present petition to the aforesaid effect. As such, the parties shall remain bound by all the terms and conditions of the settlement arrived inter se themselves. Thus, 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, since there is nothing left to corroborate and prove the case of the prosecution, continuation of the aforesaid FIR against the petitioners will be an exercise in futility. 6. Resultantly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.597/2023 dated 20.06.2023 registered at PS.: Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 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 23/03/2026 at 10:27:19 7. Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J. MARCH 19, 2026/bh 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 23/03/2026 at 10:27:19