$~79 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 495/2026 CAPT. ANUJ PARTI AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Abhimanyu Kumar, Advocate with petitioners in person versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rahul Tyagi, ASC for the State with SI Preeti, PS: Vasant Kunj, South Mr. Prasenjeet Mohapatra, Mr. Abhinav Jha, Advocates with R-2 in person CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 10.02.2026

1. By virtue of the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.274/2025 dated 26.06.2025 registered at PS: Vasant Kunj under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom in view of the Settlement Agreement dated 05.02.2026 arrived at inter se the petitioners and the respondent no.2.

2. The present petition is accompanied by the said Settlement Agreement dated 05.02.2026 [Annexure P3], and is also supported by affidavit(s) of the petitioners and respondent no.2, alongwith their respective proofs of identity.

3. Issue notice.

4. Learned ASC for the State accepts notice and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR No.274/2025 dated

26.06.2025.

5. Respondent no.2, also present in Court, accepts notice and affirms the terms of the Settlement Agreement dated 05.02.2026 arrived at inter se the petitioners and the respondent no.2, and submits that the respondent no.2 is now residing with the petitioner no.1 since and from 23.01.2026 in harmony. Lastly, respondent no.2 states that she has no objection to the quashing of the FIR No.274/2025 dated 26.06.2025.

6. Additionally, petitioners and respondent no.2, present in Court, have been identified by the IO and their credentials, as on record, have been duly verified.

7. In view of the fact that a settlement has already been arrived at between the parties, they shall remain bound by all the terms and conditions contained therein. As such, following the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Jitendra Raghuvanshi & Ors. vs. Babita Raguvanshi & Anr. (2013) 4 SCC 58, Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab & Anr. (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder Singh & Ors. vs. State of Punjab & Anr. (2014) 6 SCC 466, this Court is of the opinion that continuation of the aforesaid FIR No.274/2025 dated 26.06.2025 will be an exercise in futility.

8. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.274/2025 dated 26.06.2025 registered at PS: Vasant Kunj under Sections

498A/406/34 IPC and all other proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

9. Accordingly, the petition, alongwith pending application, is disposed of.

SAURABH BANERJEE, J FEBRUARY 10, 2026/Ab