Ketan Dewan & ORS. v. State Of NCT Of Delhi & ANR.
$~70 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 335/2026, CRL.M.A. 1254/2026 KETAN DEWAN & ORS.
.....Petitioners Through:
Mr. Mayank Maini, Mr. Biman Sethi, Mr. Ankit Verma and Ms.
Nidhi Tyagi, Advocates with petitioners in person versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.
.....Respondents Through:
Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for the State with Mr. Ashish Mahani and Ms. Divya Bakshi, Advocates with SI Prem Giri, PS: KNK Marg Mr. Manish Kumar, Mr. A. Arya, Mr. Sonu Pandit, Mr. Lovish Rajput and Mr.
Divyansh Chauhan, Advocates for R-2 with R-2 in person
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE
O R D E R
% 15.01.2026 1.
By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) read with Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C), the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.281/2022 dated 15.04.2022 registered at PS.: K.N. Katju Marg, Delhi under Sections 354-A/498A/406/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of the Settlement Agreement dated 20.09.2025 arrived at between the petitioners and the respondent no.2.
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2.
The present petition is also accompanied by the said Settlement Agreement dated 20.09.2025 [Annexure P3] alongwith the respective proofs of identity of the parties.
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Issue notice.
4.
Learned APP for the State accepts notice, and submits that she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR No.281/2022 dated 15.04.2022.
5.
Respondent no.2 confirms that the petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2 have already been granted divorce by mutual consent vide Decree of Divorce dated 15.11.2025. She further affirms the terms of the Settlement Agreement dated 20.09.2025 whereby the petitioner no.1 has already paid her a sum of Rs.6,00,000/-, and has further received the final instalment of the remaining amount being Rs.3,00,000/- via a Demand Draft dated 13.01.2026 bearing No.573110 (Bank: Yes Bank, Branch: East Punjabi Bagh, Delhi) today in Court from the petitioners as full and final settlement of all her claims including alimony, maintenance (present, past and future), etc. She states that she has no objection to the quashing of the FIR No.281/2022 dated 15.04.2022.
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Further, 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.
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In view of the fact that a settlement has already been arrived at between the parties, they shall remain bound by all the terms and conditions contained therein. 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 & The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
Anr. (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder Singh & Ors. vs. State of Punjab & Anr. (2014) 6 SCC 466, this Court is of the opinion that continuation of the aforesaid FIR No.281/2022 dated 15.04.2022 will be an exercise in futility.
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Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.281/2022 dated 15.04.2022 registered at PS: K.N. Katju Marg, Delhi under Sections 354-A/498A/406/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all other proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed. 9.
Accordingly, the present petition alongwith pending application is disposed of.
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