Arvinder Bedi And ANR v. State NCT Of Delhi And ANR
$~46 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4340/2026 ARVINDER BEDI AND ANR .....Petitioners Through:
Mr. Sahej Singh Uban, Mr. Jaiesh Singh, Ms. Divya Arora, Ms. Shikha Sharma, Advocates with petitioners in person.
versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through:
Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, APP for the State.
Counsel (appearance not given) for R2 and R-2 in person.
CORAM:
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA
O R D E R
% 29.05.2026 1.
By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR bearing No. 85/2025, registered at Police Station Prashant Vihar, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 86/316(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter 'BNS') and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of settlement arrived at between the parties.
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Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 3.
All the petitioners and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) concerned, Police Station, Prashant Vihar, Delhi. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
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Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between the petitioner no. 1 and the respondent no. 2 was solemnized at Delhi on 11.11.2019, in accordance with Hindu rites. It is stated that one child was born out of the said wedlock who is under the custody of respondent no. 2 It is stated that due to various differences, disputes and issues had arisen between the petitioners and the respondent no. 2. Upon the complaint by respondent no. 2, the present FIR came to be registered against the petitioners. It is stated that with intervention of the family and friends, the parties have now amicably settled their dispute vide Settlement Deed dated 09.01.2026. 5.
On a query made by this Court, respondent no. 2 who has been identified by the IO, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. It is also stated that she has received an amount of Rs. 50,000/- vide Demand Draft (DD) bearing no. 511943 dated 25.05.2026. Therefore, she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed. 6.
The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the affidavits showing the protection of interest of minor child as per the judgment titled as Ganesh vs. Sudhirkumar Shrivastava: (2020) 20 SCC 787 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court have been filed and the same are on record. 7.
In view of the above, that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will, and without any coercion, no useful purpose will be served by continuing the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them. It would thus be in interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question. 8.
Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 85/2025, registered at Police Station The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
Prashant Vihar, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 86/316(2)/3(5) of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.
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Accordingly, the petition stands disposed of. 10.
The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J MAY 29, 2026/vc The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.