Nikhil Verma And ORS v. The State NCT Of Delhi And ANR

$~63 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 9008/2025, CRL.M.A. 37638/2025 NIKHIL VERMA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

Petitioner in person with Counsel.

versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through:

Ms. Richa Dhawan, APP for State with SI Lokendra Singh, PS: Malviya Nagar and Respondent No.2 in person.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

O R D E R

% 17.12.2025 1.

Petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ("BNSS") has been filed on behalf of the Petitioners for quashing of FIR No.2297/2015 under Sections 354/451/506/509/34 IPC, registered at PS: Malviya Nagar, Delhi and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, in terms of Compromise Deed dated 06.12.2025. 2.

Learned APP for the State and learned counsel for Respondent No.2 appearing on advance Notice, accept Notice.

3.

As per FIR, Respondent No.2 / Complainant made a call to the Police on hearing the noise of Petitioners‟ Grand-father, who was seeking help. There were allegations of the Petitioners beating and threatening the Complainant. Petitioners got irritated with the call made by the Complainant to the Police and they barged into her house and abused and threatened her, because she had called the Police. Petitioners forcefully opened the main door of Complainant‟s house and attacked her and her husband Mukul Verma and 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 19/12/2025 at 13:06:07

then „they put their hands on her chest with wrong intentions‟. 4.

On the Complaint being asked to detail the incident, she stated that she had been abused and beaten by the Petitioners, even though, she was pregnant with her second child. From her Statement, it is quite evident that in the circumstances, despite this, the settlement has arrived between the parties only on payment of Rs.7,00,000/- by the Petitioners to the Complainant. 5.

In the totality of the circumstances, considering the nature of allegations and terms of settlement, this Court does not find it appropriate to quash the FIR.

6.

It is a matter, which must be decided on merits by the learned Trial Court. Considering that it is an old FIR of the year 2015, learned Trial Court shall make an endeavour to conclude the trial, preferably within six months, with no adjournment being given to either party. 7.

The Petition along with pending Application is disposed of. NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J.

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