$~16 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 3378/2024 YASH SHARMA @ MONU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Bharat Bagga and Ms. Mansi Asija, Advocates with petitioner in person versus THE STATE GOVT.OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for State with SI Sunil.

Counsel (appearance not given) for R-

2 and R-2 in person CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 19.02.2026

1. By way of the present petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of the FIR bearing No. 214/2023, registered at Police Station Sultanpuri, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 363/376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC') and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereafter ‘POCSO Act’) and all consequential proceedings emanating 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 petitioner and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO)

concerned, Police Station, Sultanpuri, Delhi.

4. Brief facts of the case are that the marriage between the petitioner no. 1 and the respondent no. 2 was solemnized at Delhi on 03.03.2023, in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies. It is stated that due to various differences, disputes and issues had arisen between the petitioners and the respondent no. 2. Upon the complaint by respondent no. 2, the present FIR came to be registered against the petitioner. It is stated that with intervention of the family and friends, the parties have now amicably settled their dispute.

5. On a query made by this Court, respondent no. 2 who has been identified by the IO, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. It is also stated that they have been living together after the petitioner had got bail from the learned Trial Court and they both have a child out of the said wedlock. Therefore, she has 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. 214/2023, registered at Police Station Sultanpuri, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 363/376 of IPC and Section 6 of POCSO Act and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

8. The petition stands disposed of.

9. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith.

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J FEBRUARY 19, 2026/vc/gj