Sameer Raza Ali & ORS. v. State Through Sho & ANR.

$~79 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 2946/2026 SAMEER RAZA ALI & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Rajiv Bajaj, Mr. Vishant Prakash and Mr. Naman Arora, Advocates.

Petitioners through VC.

versus STATE THROUGH SHO & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Ms.

Upasna Bakshi, Ms. Divya Bakshi and Mr. Gourav Singh, Advocates.

SI Narender Singh, PS-Chandni Mahal.

Ms. Priyanka S. Aneja, Mr. Ankit and Mr. Rukban Tyagi, Advocate for R-2.

Respondent No.2 (Through VC)

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 20.04.2026 CRL.M.A. 12000/2026 (Exemption from personal appearance of the petitioners) 1.

By virtue of the present application, the petitioners seek exemption from personal appearance before this Court.

2.

For the reasons stated, as also since the petitioners are appearing through video conferencing, the present application is allowed. 3.

The present application is disposed of.

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CRL.M.C. 2946/2026, CRL.M.A. 12141/2026, CRL.M.A. 12142/2026 4.

By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR No.0002/2019 dated 04.01.2019 registered at PS.: Chandni Mahal under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of Compromise Settlement dated 11.03.2026 (Annexure P2), whereby the petitioners and the respondent no.2 have mutually and amicably resolved their disputes. 5.

Issue notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 6.

Respondent no.2, present in Court through video conferencing, also accepts notice and affirms the terms of the aforesaid Compromise Settlement dated 11.03.2026. She submits that the petitioners have already paid her the entire settlement amount to her as full and final settlement of all her present, past and future claims including alimony, maintenance, etc.

7.

Respondent no.2 further submits that her marriage with the petitioner no.1 has since been dissolved through Certificate of divorce dated 15.05.2018, and as such, she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.

8.

The petitioners, appearing through video conferencing, and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials as on record, have been identified by the Investigating Officer. 9.

Facts disclose that a settlement has already been arrived voluntarily between the petitioners and the respondent no.2 and the present petition is accompanied by their respective affidavit(s) qua the said effect. In view The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

thereof, they 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 petitioners will be an exercise in futility. 10.

Thus, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.0002/2019 dated 04.01.2019 registered at PS.: Chandni Mahal under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed. 11.

Accordingly, the present petition, alongwith the pending applications, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J APRIL 20, 2026/NA The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.