$~87 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1069/2026 & CRL.M.A. 4226/2026 GAURAV GAUTAM & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Rishi Kumar, Advocate with petitioners in person.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP with Ms.

Pragati Gupta and Mr. Samar Pratap Singh, Advocates.

SI Om Yadav, PS: Palam Village.

Mr. Sachin Sharma, Advocate for R2.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 09.02.2026

1. Issue notice. Mr. Hitesh Vali, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Mr. Sachin Sharma, 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. 791/2023 dated 05.12.2023, registered at Police Station Palam Village, District South West, New Delhi, under Sections 498A/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], and all proceedings emanating therefrom, on the ground of settlement.

3. The petition is taken up for disposal with the consent of learned coun