$~32 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 7057/2025 SANJAY GOEL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shorya Goel, Mr. Sammeer Vatts, Advocates alongwith Petitioner in Person.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for the State Mr. Namanveer Singh Sodhi, Advocate alongwith R-2 & 3 in Person.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

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% 29.01.2026

1. 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. 39/2020 dated 06.03.2020, lodged at Police Station Defence Colony, Delhi, under Sections 406/420 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], alongwith all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, on the ground of settlement.

2. Issue notice. Mr. Hitesh Vali, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Mr. Namanveer Singh Sodhi, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent Nos. 2&3. 3. The impugned FIR was lodged on the complaint of respondent No.

2-Company through its director, who is impleaded as respondent No. 3. The accuse