Karan Sagar And ORS. v. State Of NCT Of Delhi And ANR.

$~62 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1165/2026 & CRL.M.A. 4664/2026-Exp KARAN SAGAR AND ORS.

.....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Varun Mittal and Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocates.

versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

.....Respondent Through:

Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP with ASI Sumit and SI Rajvir Singh.

Mr. Sumit Kumar Yadav, Ms.

Akanksah Tripathi and Mr. Akash Tandon, Advocates for R-2.

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.435/2022 dated 22.08.2022 registered at PS: Budh Vihar under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom in view of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 08.01.2026 arrived at inter se the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2.

2.

The present petition is accompanied by the said MoU dated 08.01.2026 [Annexure P2], and is also supported by affidavit(s) of the petitioners and respondent no.2, alongwith their respective proofs of identity.

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3.

Issue notice.

4.

Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR No.435/2022 dated 22.08.2022.

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 mutually dissolved vide order dated 06.02.2026 under Section 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. She further affirms the terms of the MoU dated 08.01.2026 whereby the petitioner no.1 has already paid her a sum of Rs.27,00,000/- and has further paid her the final instalment of the remaining amount being Rs.15,00,000/- via DD dated 07.02.2026 bearing No.000707 (Bank: HDFC Bank, Branch: New Delhi) today in Court 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 FIR No.435/2022 dated 22.08.2022. 6.

Additionally, petitioners and respondent no.2, present in Court, have been identified by the IO and their credentials, as on record, have been duly verified.

7.

As a Settlement has already been arrived at between the parties, they shall remain bound by all the terms and conditions contained therein. In view thereof, as the parties have willingly settled all their disputes which gave rise to the present FIR, there is no reason for the present FIR to be kept pending. 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. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

(2014) 6 SCC 466, this Court is of the opinion that continuation of the aforesaid FIR No.435/2022 dated 22.08.2022 will be an exercise in futility.

8.

Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.435/2022 dated 22.08.2022 registered at PS: Budh Vihar under Sections 498A/406/34 of IPC and all other proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

9.

Accordingly, the petition, alongwith pending application, is disposed of.

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