Tarun @ Tarun Kumar & ORS. v. The State Of NCT Of Delhi And ANR
$~89 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3557/2026, CRL.M.A. 14476/2026 TARUN @ TARUN KUMAR & ORS.
.....Petitioners Through:
Mr. Devendra Singh and Ms.
Ratnakar M., Advs.
versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through:
Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP with Ms. Apoorva Khosla and Ms.
Vanshika Singh, Advs.
SI- Sharmila Yadav, PS: Gulabi Bagh
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE
O R D E R
% 07.05.2026 1.
By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 163/2024 dated 06.07.2024 registered at PS.: Gulabi Bagh, Delhi under Sections 85/316(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of the Settlement dated 04.05.2026 [Annexure P3] arrived between the petitioner no.1 and the respondent no.2, and the present petition is accompanied with the proofs of identities of the private parties.
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 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, whereby out of the total settlement amount of Rs.7,30,000/-, the petitioner no.1 has already paid her a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- and a Demand Draft dated 07.05.2026 bearing No.000320 of Rs.2,30,000/- (HDFC 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 by mutual consent under Section 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 vide decree dated 22.01.2026, and as such, she has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.
4.
The petitioners and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials, as on record, have been identified by the IO. 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) to that effects. 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.
6.
Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.163/2024 dated 06.07.2024 registered at PS.: Gulabi Bagh, Delhi under Sections 85/316(2)/3(5) of the BNS 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.
As such, the present petition, along with the pending application, is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.
SAURABH BANERJEE, J.
MAY 07, 2026/Ab The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.