Sh. Vipul Aggarwal Vipul Bagadia v. State NCT Of Delhi And ANR

$~54 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1785/2026 SH. VIPUL AGGARWAL@VIPUL BAGADIA .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Manoj Kumar Tomar, Adv.

Versus

STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through:

Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for the State alongwith WSI Khushboo, PS.: Laxmi Nagar, Delhi.

Mr. Lokesh Sharma, Adv. for R-2 with R-2 in Person

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 12.03.2026 1.

By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No.85/2020 dated 15.02.2020 registered at PS.: Laxmi Nagar, Delhi 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 13.08.2025 [Annexure P2] arrived at between the petitioner and the respondent no.2, which is accompanied by their respective proofs of identities.

2.

Issue notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice, and submits that she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 3.

Respondent no.2, present in Court, also accepts notice and affirms the terms of the aforesaid MoU dated 13.08.2025, whereby the petitioner The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

has already paid her a sum of Rs.12,00,000/- out of the total settlement amount of Rs.17,50,000/- and a Demand Draft dated 13.01.2026, bearing No.278294 of Rs.5,50,000/- (State Bank of India) has been handed over in Court to her 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 18.11.2025, and she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.

4.

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

5.

Facts disclose that a settlement has already been arrived voluntarily between the parties and the present petition is accompanied by their respective affidavit(s). In view thereof, the parties 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 petitioner will be an exercise in futility.

6.

Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.85/2020 dated 15.02.2020 registered at PS.: Laxmi Nagar, Delhi under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

hereby quashed.

7.

Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

SAURABH BANERJEE, J MARCH 12, 2026/Ab The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.