$~33 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4382/2024 HARI SHANKAR YADAV @ SHANKAR .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner with his counsel Mr.

Prakash Airan and Mr Rachit Khandelwal, Advs.

versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State SI Dharmendra and WSI Nisha Rathi.

R-2 and R-3 with their counsel CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 17.02.2026

1. By way of present petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR bearing no. 213/2019, dated 27.06.2019, registered at Police Station Patel Nagar, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 363/366/376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC’) and Sections 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereafter ‘POCSO Act’) .

2. The petitioner and respondent nos. 2 and 3 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsels and concerned Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi.

3. Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that petitioner and respondent no. 3 were friends and got married on 26.06.2019. It is stated that since then, they are living together. The present FIR was registered on 27.06.2019 against the petitioners under the relevant section after the petitioner and respondent no. 3 were married. A child was also born from the said wedlock.

4. It is stated that both the parties have amicably settled the present matter and the voluntary affidavits of respondent nos. 2 and 3 are placed on record, stating therein that they have no objection in quashing of the present FIR.

5. On a query made by this Court, respondent nos. 2 and 3 who have been identified by the concerned IO, have categorically stated that they have entered into compromise out of their own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. It is also stated by respondent nos. 2 and 3 that the entire dispute has been amicably settled between the parties. Respondent nos. 2 and 3 further state that they have no objection if the present FIR is quashed.

6. In view of the above fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will, 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. 213/2019, dated 27.06.2019, registered at Police Station Patel Nagar, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 363/366/376 of the IPC and Sections 6 of POCSO Act and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

8. In view of the above, the present petition stands disposed of.

9. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith.

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J FEBRUARY 17, 2026/A/GJ