$~147 to 150 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 512/2026 UBAIDUR RAHMAN & ORS. .....Petitioners versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents + CRL.M.C. 513/2026 ABUL FAZAL @ GUDDU & ORS. .....Petitioners versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondent + CRL.M.C. 534/2026 UBAIDUR RAHMAN & ORS. .....Petitioners versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents + CRL.M.C. 529/2026 ABUL FAZAL @ GUDDU & ANR. .....Petitioners versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Appearances:- Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State with SI Akshay Dagar, ASI Parveen Kumar, ASI Devender Kumar, ASI Ram Kumar, PS Shaheen Bagh.

Mr. Shubham Prajapati & Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocates for Petitioners in Item Nos. 147 and 149/

R2 in Item Nos. 148 and 150.

Mr. Rakesh Kumar Mandal & Ms. Eram Afrin, Advocates for R2 in Item Nos. 147 and

149/Petitioners in Item Nos. 148 and 150.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 22.01.2026 CRL.M.A. 2061/2026 (exemption) in CRL.M.C. 512/2026 CRL.M.A. 2062/2026 (exemption) in CRL.M.C. 513/2026 CRL.M.A. 2157/2026 (exemption) in CRL.M.C. 534/2026 CRL.M.A. 2133/2026 (exemption) in CRL.M.C. 529/2026 Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

The applications stand disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 512/2026 CRL.M.C. 513/2026 CRL.M.C. 534/2026 CRL.M.C. 529/2026

1. Issue notice. Ms. Manjeet Arya, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Mandal, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the complainant in CRL.M.C. 512/2026 and CRL.M.C. 534/2026. Mr. Shubham Prajapati, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the complainant in CRL.M.C.

513/2026 and CRL.M.C. 529/2026.

2. The petitions are taken up for hearing together with the consent of learned counsel for the parties.

3. The present petitions under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”] (corresponding to Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 [“CrPC”]) seek quashing of two sets of cross-FIRs registered at Police Station Shaheen Bagh, District South- East, Delhi, arising out of incidents which took place on 28.08.2023 [CRL.M.C. 529/2026 and CRL.M.C. 534/2026] and 06.08.2025 [subject matter of CRL.M.C. 512/2026 and CRL.M.C. 513/2026]. The details of the FIRs are as follows:

a. FIR No. 294/2025 dated 06.08.2025, registered under Sections

115(2)/126(2)/351(2)/303(2)/324(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [“BNS”], which is the subject matter of CRL.M.C.

512/2026.

b. FIR No. 290/2025 dated 06.08.2025, registered under Sections

115(2)/126(2)/351(2)/3(5) of the BNS, which is the subject matter of CRL.M.C. 513/2026.

c. FIR No. 313/2023 dated 30.08.2023, registered under Sections

323/341/354/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], which is the subject matter of CRL.M.C. 534/2026.

d. FIR No. 312/2023 dated 30.08.2023, registered under Sections

323/341/354/506/34 of the IPC, which is the subject matter of CRL.M.C. 529/2026.

The petitions are founded on a settlement arrived at between the parties, and the respective complainants in the aforesaid FIRs have been arrayed as respondent No. 2 in each of the petitions.

4. The parties are stated to have been residing on different floors of the same building. The cross-FIRs arose from a misunderstanding, with allegations levelled against members of each other’s families.

5. The parties have since entered into a settlement, as recorded in Memoranda of Understanding [“MoU”] dated 08.01.2026. The present petitions have thus been filed for quashing of the FIRs.

6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. All parties are present and are identified by the Investigating Officers and by their respective counsel.

7. The only objection raised by Ms. Arya is that two accused named in the chargesheet arising out of FIR No. 312/2023, have not been made parties to CRL.M.C. 529/2026. In this regard, Mr. Mandal has filed an amended memo of parties, wherein the said individuals are arrayed as respondents. The same is tak