Nishant Chopra v. State Of NCT Of Delhi & ANR.

$~91 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3652/2026, CRL.M.A. 14835/2026 NISHANT CHOPRA .....Petitioner Through:

Mr.

Mandeep Baisala, Mr.

Dhananjay Singh, Mr. Sourabh Soni and Mr. Kavesh Bidhuri, Advs. with petitioner in person versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP for State with SI Sunil Kr., PS: Punjabi Bagh.

Mr. Saurabh Sachdeva, Adv for R-2 with R-2 in person

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 11.05.2026 1.

By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No.250/2023 dated 22.05.2023 registered at PS: Punjabi Bagh, Delhi under Sections 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 25.04.2026 [Annexure P/3] arrived between the petitioner and the respondent no.2, which is accompanied by their respective proofs of identity.

2.

Issue notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice and has handed over a copy of the status report which is taken on record. He then submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR. 3.

Respondent no.2, present in Court, also accepts notice and affirms the terms of the aforesaid MOU, and submits that the petitioner, today, in The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 13/05/2026 at 11:15:37

compliance thereof has handed over to him a Demand Draft bearing No.000032 dated 25.02.2026 (AU Small Finance Bank, Ranjeet Hanuman Road branch, Indore 2698) of Rs.2,20,000/- as full and final settlement of all his present, past and future claims etc., and as such, he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.

4.

The petitioner 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 petitioner and the respondent no.2 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 prosecution, continuation of the aforesaid FIR against the petitioner will be an exercise in futility. 6.

Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.250/2023 dated 22.05.2023 registered at PS: Punjabi Bagh, Delhi under Sections 420/34 of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed.

7.

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

SAURABH BANERJEE, J MAY 11, 2026/So The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 13/05/2026 at 11:15:37