Siddharth Singh v. The State Govt Of NCT Of Delhi And ANR
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1827/2026, CRL.M.A.
7517/2026, CRL.M.A.
7518/2026 SIDDHARTH SINGH .....Petitioner Through:
Mr. Vatsalya Vigya, Adv. (Through VC) versus THE STATE OF GNCTD AND ANR ......Respondents Through:
Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for the State with SI- Ranbir, PS: Lajpat Nagar
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE
O R D E R
% 13.03.2026 1.
By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No.529/2025 dated 21.11.2025 registered at PS: Lajpat Nagar under Sections 316(2)/318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of the Settlement Deed dated 16.01.2026 [Annexure B] arrived at between the petitioner and the respondent no.2, which is accompanied by their respective proofs of identities.
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Issue notice.
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Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 4.
Respondent no.2, present in Court, also accepts notice and affirms The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
the terms of the aforesaid Settlement Deed dated 16.01.2026, whereby the petitioner has already paid the agreed settlement amount of Rs.45,000/- as also Rs.3000/- towards damages to him, and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 5.
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.
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The present petition is accompanied by a settlement already arrived voluntarily between the parties as also 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. 7.
Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.529/2025 dated 21.11.2025 registered at PS: Lajpat Nagar under Sections 316(2)/318(4) BNS and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed.
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At this stage, the petitioner also seeks to deposit a further amount of Rs.50,000/- as a benevolent gesture to the Delhi High Court Bar Association Lawyers Social Security and Welfare Fund [A/C 155530100009730; IFSC UCBA0001553] within a period of four weeks. This Court appreciates this gesture.
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Accordingly, the present petition, alongwith the pending applications, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J MARCH 13, 2026/Ab The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.