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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ CRL.M.C. 279/2026

SANDEEP RAJPUT .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma,

Advocate.

versus

STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondent

Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for State.

Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma with

Ms. Geeta, Advocates for R2.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 14.01.2026

CRL.M.A. 1054/2026 (for exemption

Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

The application stands disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 279/2026

1. Issue notice. Mr. Hitesh Vali, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Mr. Manoj Kumar

Sharma, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 2.

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. 227/2022 dated 22.04.2022, lodged at P.S. Gandhi Nagar, New Delhi, under Sections 279/337/338 of the Indian Penal Code,

1860 [“IPC”], on the ground of settlement.

3. The FIR was originally registered under Sections 279/337 of the IPC, at the instance of respondent No. 2. The facts, as narrated in