Manteshwar Singh & ORS. v. State Of NCT Of Delhi & ANR.

$~19 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3481/2026, CRL.M.A. 14137/2026 MANTESHWAR SINGH & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Amit Gupta, Adv. Petitioners in ` person versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP with Ms. Upasna Bakshi, Ms. Divya Bakshi, Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh and Mr. Gourav Singh, Advs.

Mr. Amarjit Singh Sahni and Ms.

Muskan Singh, Advs. for R-2

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 19.05.2026 1.

By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.353/2021 dated 12.05.2021 registered at PS.: Tilak Nagar, Delhi under Sections 406/498A/354/506/509/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of Settlement dated 24.12.2025 [Annexure P2] arrived between the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2, which is accompanied by their respective proofs of identities.

2.

Issue notice.

3.

Learned APP for the State accepts notice and submits that he 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 dated 24.12.2025, whereby the petitioner no.1 has already paid her a sum of Rs.13,00,000/- out of the total settlement amount of Rs.20,00,000/- and a Demand Draft dated 21.04.2026 bearing No.880958 of Rs.7,00,000/- (Indian Bank) has been handed over in Court to her today as the 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 under Section 13(B) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 vide decree dated 13.04.2026 and as such, she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.

5.

The petitioners and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials, as on record, have been identified by the IO. 6.

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) to that effect. 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 petitioners will be an exercise in futility. 7.

Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.353/2021 dated 12.05.2021 registered at PS.: Tilak Nagar, Delhi under Sections 406/498A/354/506/509/34 IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

are hereby quashed.

8.

The present petition, alongwith the pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

SAURABH BANERJEE, J MAY 19, 2026/Ab The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.