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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ CRL.M.C. 390/2026

DEEPAK SHARMA .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocate

alongwith petitioner.

versus

THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR .....Respondents

Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for the

State alongwith SI Satbir Singh,

P.S. Najafgarh, Delhi.

Ms. Pratibha Pandey, Advocate for

R-2 alongwith R-2.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 16.01.2026

CRL.M.A. 1467/2026 (for exemption)

Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

The application stands disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 390/2026

1. Issue notice. Ms. Manjeet Arya, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Ms. Pratibha Pandey, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 2 –

complainant.

2. The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”] (corresponding to Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [“CrPC”]), seeking quashing of FIR No. 551/2019 dated 07.11.2019, registered at P.S.

Najafgarh, Delhi, for the offences punishable under Sections 354D/509 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], and proceedings emanating therefrom, on the ground of settlement.

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