Sh.Keshav Prasad v. State Of NCT Of Delhi Through Sho Ps Mukherjee Nagar And ANR

$~72 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1829/2026 & CRL.M.A. 7522/2026 SH.KESHAV PRASAD .....Petitioners Through:

Mr.

Chand Kumar Mandal, Advocate with petitioner in person.

versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI THROUGH SHO PS MUKHERJEE NAGAR AND ANR .....Respondents Through:

Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for the State.

Mr. Rahul Kumar, Advocate with Respondent No.2 in person (Through VC).

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 13.03.2026 1.

This matter has been recived on transfer.

2.

By virtue of the present joint petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioner and respondent no.2 seek quashing of the FIR No.873/2014 dated 19.08.2014 registered at PS.:

Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi under Sections 354(A)/354(D)/509/506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom since the petitioner and respondent no.2 have entered into a settlement dated 19.12.2025. 3.

The present petition is accompanied by the aforesaid settlement dated 19.12.2025. [Annexure A1] and is also supported by affidavits of the petitioner and of respondent no.2, alongwith proofs of their respective The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

I.Ds.

4.

Issue notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 5.

Respondent no.2, who is present through video conferencing, also accepts notice and states that she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR and in fact jointly prays for the same. 6.

The petitioner and the respondent no.2, as well as their credentials, as on record, have been identified by their respective counsels. 7.

Upon an overall consideration of the existing facts and circumstances, even though this Court is mindful that the present FIR has been registered under Sections 354(A)/354(D)/509/506 of the IPC, however, this Court is inclined to quash the present FIR in exercise of its inherent powers under Section 528 of the BNSS, particularly, since the respondent no.2 wishes to end the dispute with the petititioners herein so that she can proceed with her life ahead in search of better prospects as also since the same would be in the interest of the parties and betterment of their future.

8.

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 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

prosecution, and continuation of the aforesaid FIR against the petitioner will be an exercise in futility.

9.

Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.873/2014 dated 19.08.2014 registered at PS.: Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi under Sections 354(A)/354(D)/509/506 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed.

10.

As such, the present petition, along with the pending applications, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

SAURABH BANERJEE, J MARCH 13, 2026/NA The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.