Mohd Azharuddin & ORS. v. State Govt. Of NCT Of Delhi And ANR.
$~72 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1187/2026, CRL.M.A. 4735/2026 MOHD AZHARUDDIN & ORS.
.....Petitioners Through:
Mr. Rahber Ali Zaidi, Advocate with petitioners in person.
versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through:
Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Ms.
Upasna Bakshi and Ms. Divya Bakshi, Advocates.
SI Udit, PS-Ranhola Mohd. Zubair, Advocate for R-2 with R-2 in person.
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.749/2023 dated 21.09.2023 registered at PS: Ranhola under Sections 498A/506/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of the Settlement dated 14.08.2025 arrived at between the petitioners and the respondent no.2 before the Delhi Mediation Centre, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi. 2.
The present petition is accompanied by the said Settlement dated 14.08.2025 [Annexure P3] alongwith the respective proofs of identity of the parties.
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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.749/2023 dated 21.09.2023.
5.
Respondent no.2, present in Court, also accepts notice and confirms the terms of the Settlement dated 14.08.2025 whereby the petitioner no.1 has already paid her a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- out of the total settlement amount of Rs.7,00,000/- and has further paid her the final instalment of the remaining amount being Rs.2,00,000/- via DD dated 16.01.2026 bearing No.034638 (Bank: Indian Bank, Branch: Delhi Cantt, Delhi) today in Court as full and final settlement of all her claims including alimony, maintenance (present, past and future), mehar, etc. She further states that the marriage between her and the petitioner no.1 has since been dissolved and she has no objection to the quashing of FIR No.749/2023 dated 21.09.2023.
6.
Further, the petitioners and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials, as on record, have been identified by the IO. 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. (2014) 6 SCC 466, this Court is of the opinion that continuation of the The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
aforesaid FIR No.749/2023 dated 21.09.2023 will be an exercise in futility.
8.
Accordingly, the petition is allowed and FIR No.749/2023 dated 21.09.2023 registered at PS: Ranhola under Sections 498A/506/406/34 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 9.
Accordingly, the petition alongwith pending application is disposed of.
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