$~117 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 740/2026, CRL.M.A. 2941-2942/2026 GURCHARAN SINGH & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. R.S. Juneja, Mr. J.S. Juneja, Advocates with petitioners.

versus THE STATE OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for State with SI Sumeet Ponia, P.S. Vivek Vihar.

Mr. Ashish K. Singh with Mr. A.K. Sharma, Ms. Shalu and Mr. M.K. Goswami, Advocates for R2 with R2 in person.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

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1. Issue notice. Mr. Hitesh Vali, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Mr. Ashish K. Singh, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 2 –

complainant.

2. The petitioners have 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. 71/2023 dated 16.02.2023, lodged at Police Station Vivek Vihar, District Shahdara, New Delhi, under Sections 376/509/506/323/354/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], on the ground of settlement.

3. Petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 were married on 12.09.2