$~114 & 131 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 703/2026 & CRL.M.A. 2798/2026 GOVINDAN RAMAN & ORS. .....Petitioners versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents + CRL.M.C. 714/2026 & CRL.M.A. 2847/2026 GOVINDAN RAMAN & ANR. .....Petitioners versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Appearances:

Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State.

Mr. Jagdish Kumar Verma and Ms. Pinky Sharma, Advocates for R-2.

SI Ravindra Singh, PS-Fathepur Beri, ASI Yashvir Singh.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

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1. The present petitions under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”] (corresponding to Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 [“CrPC”]) seek quashing of two FIRs, being FIR No. 520/2021 [subject matter of CRL.M.C. 714/2026] and FIR No. 293/2022 [subject matter of CRL.M.C. 703/2026]. Both FIRs were registered at Police Station Fatehpur Beri, New Delhi. FIR No. 520/2021 dated 09.12.2021 is registered under Sections 325/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], and FIR No. 293/2022 under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC. The petitions are founded on a settlement arrived at between the parties.

2. Issue notice. Ms. Manj