$~69 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 8646/2025 NEW LEAF HOMES PVT. LTD. THR. ITS DIRECTOR JABIR SAINI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kuldeep Singh Grewal and Ms.

Soniya Panwar, Advocates along with the Director of petitioner/company.

versus THE STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State.

Mr. Vaish Omankuttan, Advocate for R-2 and 3 along with R-2 & 3.

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 04.12.2025

1. By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashing of the FIR bearing no. 261/2019, registered at Police Station Lajpat Nagar, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC’) and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of settlement arrived at between the parties. 2. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State.

3. The Director of the petitioner/company and respondent nos. 2 and 3 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) concerned, Police Station Lajpat Nagar, Delhi.

4. Brief facts of the present case are that the respondent no. 2 had filed complaint before the District Consumer Redressal Form, Nand Nagri, Delhi and the said Forum passed an award dated 02.12.2019 and awarded a sum of ₹7,92,500/- along with interest @ 6 %. Thereafter, the respondent no. 2 had filed execution petition for recovery of the aforesaid awarded amount and the same is pending before the Consumer Forum. On 13.06.2025, after filing the execution petition, the petitioner approached the respondents for settlement and vide Memorandum of Settlement dated 13.06.2025, have settled their dispute.

5. On a query made by this Court, respondent nos. 2 and 3 who have been identified by the IO, have categorically stated that they entered into compromise out of their own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. Therefore, they have no objection if the present FIR is quashed.

6. In view of the above, that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will, and without any coercion, no useful purpose will be served by continuing the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them. It would thus be in interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto.

There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question.

7. Accordingly, FIR bearing no. 261/2019, registered at Police Station Lajpat Nagar, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 420/34 of IPC and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed, subject to petitioner/company depositing a sum of ₹ 25,000/- with the District and Sessions Courts Employees Welfare Association Fund and the compliance report of the same be filed with the Registry of this Court within a period of two weeks from date within a period of two weeks from date.

8. The petition stands disposed of.

9. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith.

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J DECEMBER 04, 2025/zp TD