Ashok Kumar & ORS. v. State Of NCT Of Delhi & ANR.

$~83 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4010/2026, CRL.M.A. 16257/2026 ASHOK KUMAR & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Ankush, Mr. Tarun Maan and Mr. Arvind, Advs. with petitioners in person versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Satish Kumar, APP for State with SI Usha Rani and SI Rohit, PS: Uttam Nagar R-2 in person

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 20.05.2026 1.

By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.692/2021 dated 04.09.2021 registered at PS.: Uttam Nagar, Delhi under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom in view of the Settlement dated 26.04.2023 [Annexure P2] arrived at before the Mediation Centre, Dwarka Courts, Delhi, between the petitioners and respondent no.2, which is accompanied by their respective proofs of identity. 2.

Issue notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice and 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 Settlement dated 26.04.2023 whereby the petitioners has already paid her a total settlement amount of Rs.2,80,000/- as full and final settlement of all her present, past and future claims 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 22/05/2026 at 11:34:09

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 27.05.2025, 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 petitioners and the respondent no.2 and the present petition is accompanied by their respective affidavit(s) qua the said effect. In view 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. 6.

Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.692/2021 dated 04.09.2021 registered at PS.: Uttam Nagar, Delhi under Sections 498A/406/34 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 term.

SAURABH BANERJEE, J MAY 20, 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 22/05/2026 at 11:34:09