$~66 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 604/2026 AMIT KAPOOR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amandeep Singh, Mr.

Shaquib Azad & Ms. Monika, Advocates alongwith Petitioner in person. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for State with SI Naresh Kumar, P.S. Punjabi Bagh.

R-2 in Person.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 23.01.2026 CRL.M.A. 2395/2026 (for exemption Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

The application stands disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 604/2026

1. Issue notice. Mr. Hitesh Vali, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Respondent No. 2 –

complainant appears in person, and accepts notice.

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. 636/2021 dated 10.07.2021, registered at Police Station Punjabi Bagh, District West, New Delhi, under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], and all proceedings emanating therefrom, on the ground of settlement.

3. The petitioner an