CRL.M.C./7675/2026 of CHANCHAL RAMESHWAR SHARMA AND ANR. Vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHERS on 12 October 2026

1. The petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.0340/2025 dated 30.06.2025, filed under Sections 316(4)/318(4)/3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (“BNS”), registered at P.S. Moti Nagar, and all proceedings emanating therefrom. SACHIN DATTA, J. (ORAL)

2. Issue notice.

3. Learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State.

4. Learned counsel for the respondent no.2 accepts notice.

5. With the consent of the parties, the petition is taken up for disposal.

6. The FIR was registered on the complaint of the respondent no.2, a transport company, acting through his Authorized Representative, Mr. Bhagwan Dass, who is physically present in Court today.

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7. Petitioner no. 1 was employed by the company as a Traffic Manager with effect from 26.05.2023, and his duties included hiring trucks for the company. It was alleged that he had received illegal commissions from vendors, facilitated the raising of inflated bills upon the company, and received certain amounts in his personal bank account and also in the bank account of the petitioner no. 2.

8. Thereafter, a Settlement Deed was executed on 20.12.2025 (notarized on 23.03.2026). By way of the said Settlement Deed, a settlement has been arrived at between the parties, wherein the petitioners have apologized to the company. They have also undertaken not to contact the company’s vendors and brokers for the next three years, as also, the employees or ex-employees of the company.

9. The respondent no.2 has also filed an affidavit stating as under: “3. That now respondent no.2 does not want to proceed with the present case and has agreed to end the present litigation as per settlement deed dated 30.06.2025 and ready to cooperate for quashing the F.I.R before the Hon'ble High court, since the sections under which the F.I.R has been lodged are compoundable as such the present petition and the respondent no.2 wants to F.I.R being quashed.

4. That deponent (Respondent No.2) I have no objection if the court want to quash the F.I.R No. FIR No. 340/2025 registered at Police Station Moti Nagar, New Delhi for offence under section 316, 316(2), 316(4), 318/1/2/3 BNS 2023 and 447 of the Company Act, 2013 against the petitioner. That the present affidavit is being filed by him out of his own will and free consent without any force, coercion or undue influence, and has been understood the same in my vernacular language.”

10. The same position is reiterated by Mr. Bhagwan Dass, the Authorized Representative of the respondent no.2, who is present in Court.

11. The petitioners (who appear virtually) and the respondent no.2 are

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identified by the concerned Investigating Officer (IO).

12. Considering that it is the common position of the parties that they have resolved their inter-se disputes, this Court finds no impediment to allowing the present petition.

13. This Court takes into account the fact that the dispute is between an employer and his former employee/s and that it involves neither public funds nor any public institution or members of the public. It is also noticed that, presently, the investigation is at a preliminary stage and no chargesheet has been filed in the matter.

14. Considering the dicta laid down by the Supreme Court in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab

15. Accordingly, FIR No.0340/2025 along with all proceedings emanating therefrom stand quashed. , (2012) 10 SCC 303, the ends of justice warrant quashing of the present FIR.

16. The petition is allowed in the above terms.

SACHIN DATTA, J OCTOBER 12, 2026/cl

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