Full Judgment
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ CRL.M.C. 2576/2026 MANISH KUMAR AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Aman Panwar, Mr. Abhinav Kumar and Mr. Manav Kaushik, Advs. with petitioner in person.
versus
STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP with Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Adv. Mr. Anish Kashyap, Adv. for R-2 SI- Priya, PS: Vikaspuri and respondent in person.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE
ORDER
% 07.04.2026
1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya
Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR No.409/2019 dated 13.10.2019 registered at PS.: Vikaspuri, Delhi under Sections 498/406 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of Settlement Agreement dated 07.12.2024 (Annexure A3) executed inter se the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2 before Mediation Centre, Dwarka Courts, whereby they have amicably resolved their disputes and the petition is accompanied by the respective proofs of identities of the said parties.
2. Issue notice.
3. Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that he has no
objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.
4. Respondent nos.2, present in Court, also accepts notice and affirms
the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Agreement dated 07.12.2024, whereby the petitioner no.1 has already paid respondent no.2 the settlement amount of Rs.11,00,000/- out of the total settlement amount of Rs.12,00,000/- and a Demand Draft being DD No.409876 dated 27.03.2026 (Bank of Baroda) of Rs.1,00,000/- has been handed over to her in Court today as full and final settlement of all her present, past and future claims including alimony, maintenance, etc. Respondent no.2 further submits that her marriage with the petitioner no.1 has since been dissolved by mutual consent under Section 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1995 vide Decree dated 25.09.2025, and as such, she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.
5. The petitioners and the respondent nos.2, present in Court, as well
as their credentials as on record, have been identified by the Investigating Officer.
6. Facts disclose that a settlement has already been arrived voluntarily
between the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2 and the present petition is accompanied by their respective affidavit(s) qua the said effect. In view thereof, the they shall remain bound by all the terms and conditions of the settlement arrived inter se themselves. As such, 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.
7. Thus, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.409/2019 dated
13.10.2019 registered at PS.: Vikaspuri, Delhi under Sections 498A/406 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed.
8. Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid
terms.