Delhi High Court
CRL.M.C./6590/2026 of VIJAY KUMAR Vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR on 7 September 2026
HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010419722026 + CRL.M.C. 6590/2026 & CRL.M.A. 27570/2026, CRL.M.A. 27571/2026, CRL.M.A. 27572/2026 VIJAY KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Harkaran Singh and Mr. Ronnie S. Brara, Advs. Petitioner in person. versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
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CNR No. DLHC010419722026
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CRL.M.C.
6590/2026
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CRL.M.A.
27570/2026,
CRL.M.A.
27571/2026, CRL.M.A. 27572/2026
VIJAY KUMAR
.....Petitioner
Through:
Mr. Harkaran Singh and Mr. Ronnie S.
Brara, Advs.
Petitioner in person.
versus
STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR
.....Respondents
Through:
Mr. Hemant Mehla, APP
SI Ashutosh Mishra, P.S. Mehrauli.
Mr. Shashi Pratap Singh, Ms.
Laqshyaa Saluja, Mr. Vicky Mandal,
Advs. for R-2 along with R-2 in
person.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN
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O R D E R
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1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.
2. By way of the present petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘BNSS’), the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No. 356/2023, registered at Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi, under Sections 279/506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IPC’), along with the chargesheet and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, including Criminal Case No. 5656/2024 titled State v. Vijay Kumar, pending before the learned JMFC-05, South District,
Saket Courts, New Delhi, on the basis of the settlement arrived at between the parties.
3. Issue notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice.
4. The Petitioner and Respondent No. 2 are present before this Court and have been duly identified by the Investigating Officer (IO) concerned.
5. The brief facts of the case are that FIR No. 356/2023 came to be registered at Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi, under Sections 279/506 of the IPC. After completion of investigation, the chargesheet was filed before the learned Trial Court. During the pendency of the proceedings, the parties amicably resolved their disputes and entered into a Mediation Settlement Agreement dated 09.09.2025 before the Delhi Mediation Centre, Saket Courts, New Delhi.
6. Pursuant to the said settlement, the learned Trial Court, vide order dated 03.12.2025, dropped the offence punishable under Section 506 of the IPC and the proceedings thereafter continued only in respect of the offence punishable under Section 279 of the IPC. The learned Trial Court subsequently framed notice against the petitioner for the offence punishable under Section 279 of the IPC vide order dated 09.07.2026.
7. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, in terms of the Mediation Settlement Agreement dated 09.09.2025, the parties agreed to settle all their disputes for a total sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-Five Thousand Only). He submits that the entire settlement amount has already been paid by the petitioner to Respondent No. 2 and has been duly received and accepted by him. It is further submitted that, in terms of the settlement, Respondent No. 2 has agreed to cooperate in the quashing of the present FIR and all consequential proceedings.
8. On a query made by this Court, Respondent No. 2, who has been duly identified by the Investigating Officer, states that he has entered into the settlement out of his own free will, without any force, coercion, undue influence or misrepresentation. He further states that the entire settlement amount of Rs.25,000/- has been received by him and that he has no surviving monetary, civil or criminal claim or grievance against the petitioner in respect of the subject matter of the present FIR. He has no objection if the present FIR and all proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.
9. In view of the fact that the parties have amicably resolved all their disputes, the entire settlement amount has been paid, Respondent No. 2 has no surviving grievance against the petitioner and has no objection to the quashing of the FIR, no useful purpose would be served in continuing the criminal proceedings. Rather, continuation thereof would only perpetuate unnecessary litigation between the parties. The present case is, therefore, a fit case for exercise of the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 528 of the BNSS to secure the ends of justice and prevent abuse of the process of law.
10. Accordingly, FIR No. 356/2023, registered at Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi, under Sections 279/506 of the IPC, along with the chargesheet and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, including Criminal Case No. 5656/2024 titled State v. Vijay Kumar, pending before the learned JMFC-05, South District, Saket Courts, New Delhi, are hereby quashed qua the petitioner.
11. The present petition, along with pending application(s), if any, stands disposed of.
12. Copy of the order be communicated to the concerned Trial Court for necessary action and compliance.
13. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. MADHU JAIN, J SEPTEMBER 7, 2026/prg/P