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High Court of DelhiCRL.M.C./1017/2026

Harsh Arora & ORS. v. Government Of NCT Of Delhi And ANR

2026-02-11Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Saurabh Banerjee3 pages

$~16 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1017/2026, CRL.M.A. 3958/2026 HARSH ARORA & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr.

Vasanth Rajasekaran, Mr.

Sukrit Seth, Mr.

Saurabh Bablukaar, Mr.

Harshvardhan Korada and Mr. Karan Prakash, Advs.

versus GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through:

Mr. Satish Kumar, APP for the State with Mr. Upasna Bakshi and Ms. Divya Bakshi, Advs.

SI- Sunil Nath, PS: Rani Bagh

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 11.02.2026 1.

By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.364/2022 dated 03.02.2022 registered at PS.: Rani Bagh, 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 21.09.2024 arrived at between the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2 before the Court of learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Northwest Distrct, Rohini Courts, Delhi as also the joint affidavit dated 07.02.2026. 2.

The present petition is accompanied by the said Settlement The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

Agreement dated 21.09.2024 [Annexure P2] alongwith the proofs of identities of the parties respectively.

3.

Issue notice.

4.

Learned APP for the State accepts notice. He submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR No.364/2022 dated 03.02.2022.

5.

Respondent no.2, present in Court, also accepts notice and confirms that the marriage of the petitioner no.1 and respondent no.2 has been dissolved by virtue of the aforesaid Settlement. She further affirms the terms Settlement Agreement dated 21.09.2024 whereby the petitioner no.1 has already paid her a sum of Rs.20,00,000/- as full and final settlement of all her claims including alimony, maintenance (present, past and future), etc. She further states that she has no objection to the quashing of present FIR.

6.

Further, the petitioners and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials on record, have been identified by the Investigating Officer.

7.

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 & 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 will be an exercise in futility. 8.

Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.364/2022 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

dated 03.02.2022 registered at PS.: Rani Bagh, Delhi under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed.

9.

Accordingly, the petition alongwith pending application is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

SAURABH BANERJEE, J FEBRUARY 11, 2026/Ab The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.