Rajpal & Anr. v. State NCT of Delhi & Anr.

Delhi HC6 Mar 2025CRL.M.C./1597/2025

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What is this about?

Quashing of FIR on settlement/compromise with victim consent; Section 528 BNSS petition; F.I.R No. 770/14; sections 354/342/380 IPC; Police Station Malviya Nagar; settlement dated 28.02.2025; free will, no coercion; respondent No. 2 no objection to quashing; no costs imposed (petitioner cancer patient at advance stage, petitioner jobless); CRL.M.A. 7274/2025 exemption allowed; CRL.M.C. 1597/2025; Rajpal & Anr. v. State NCT of Delhi & Anr.; Justice Jasmeet Singh; Delhi High Court; order dated 06.03.2025 (March 6, 2025); digitally signed order downloaded 11/03/2025.

What did the court decide?

Quashing of F.I.R No. 770/14 under sections 354/342/380 of IPC registered at Police Station Malviya Nagar and the consequential proceedings emanating therefrom; petition disposed of accordingly, with no costs imposed. ¶¶31

Rajpal & Anr. Vs State NCT of Delhi & Anr. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether F.I.R No. 770/14 under sections 354/342/380 of IPC registered at Police Station Malviya Nagar, and the consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, should be quashed under Section 528 BNSS given the settlement dated 28.02.2025 reached between the parties during pendency and respondent No. 2's stated unwillingness to prosecute further.

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Court's answer

As the parties had arrived at a settlement with no disputes pending, the Court was convinced that quashing of such proceedings on account of compromise would bring about peace and would secure ends of justice; the Court saw no fruitful purpose if criminal proceedings were permitted to be prosecuted further and held it a fit case for quashing.

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Ratio / Principle

F.I.R No. 770/14 under sections 354/342/380 of IPC registered at Police Station Malviya Nagar, and the consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, are hereby quashed.

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Key takeaways

The Court refrained from imposing any costs because petitioner No. 1 is a cancer patient at an advance stage and petitioner No. 2 is jobless and belongs to a poor strata of society.obiter¶¶25

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

CRL.M.C. 1597/2025 (High Court of Delhi; Jasmeet Singh, J.; order dated 06.03.2025): Petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking quashing of F.I.R No. 770/14 under sections 354/342/380 of IPC registered at Police Station Malviya Nagar and consequential proceedings arising from an incident in which the petitioners allegedly misbehaved with respondent No. 2 on/around 27.06.2014. During pendency the parties entered into a settlement dated 28.02.2025, affirmed to have been made out of their own free will and without coercion, and respondent No. 2 (present in Court and identified by the Investigating Officer) stated she did not wish to prosecute the F.I.R further and had no objection to its quashing. Holding that quashing on account of compromise would bring about peace and secure the ends of justice, and that there was no fruitful purpose in allowing criminal proceedings to continue, the Court quashed the F.I.R and consequential proceedings. No costs were imposed as petitioner No. 1 is a cancer patient at an advance stage and petitioner No. 2 is jobless and belongs to a poor strata of society. The petition was disposed of accordingly.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- CRL.M.C. 1597/2025

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RAJPAL & ANR.

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.....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rahul Sharma, Mr. Narender Kumar, Advs. for petitioner No. 1 Mr. Ashok Kumar, Adv. for petitioner No. 2

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versus

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STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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.....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP SI Parveen Kumar, SI Shajid Hussain, PS Malviya Nagar Mr. Sameer Akram, Mr. Manish Kumar Shukla, Advs. for R-2

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH

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O R D E R % 06.03.2025

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CRL.M.A. 7274/2025

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Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

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The application stands disposed of.

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CRL.M.C. 1597/2025

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This is a petition filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’) seeking quashing of F.I.R No. 770/14 under sections 354/342/380 of IPC registered at Police

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 11/03/2025 at 11:59:55

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Station Malviya Nagar and consequential proceedings emanating therefrom.

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It is stated that the petitioners misbehaved with the respondent on/around 27.06.2014.

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During the pendency of the proceedings, the parties have arrived at a settlement dated 28.02.2025, wherein the respondent No. 2 has settled her disputes and has stated that she does not wish to prosecute the F.I.R any further.

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Both parties state that they have entered into the aforesaid settlement out of their own free will, volition and without any threat, force, undue influence or coercion. It is stated by respondent No.2 that she has no objection if the F.I.R is quashed.

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Petitioner No. 1 is present in Court and has been identified by his counsel, Mr. Rahul Sharma.

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Petitioner No. 2 is also present through video conferencing mode and has been identified by his counsel, Mr. Ashok Kumar.

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The respondent No. 2 is also present in person and is identified by Investigating Officer Parveen, Police Station Malviya Nagar.

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Respondent No. 2 states that there was some misunderstanding between the parties, which has now been resolved and she does not wish to prosecute the F.I.R any further.

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Since the petitioner No. 1 is a cancer patient at an advance stage and petitioner No. 2 is jobless and belongs to a poor strata of the society, I am refraining from imposing any costs.

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Since the parties have arrived at a settlement and no disputes are pending, I am convinced that quashing of such proceedings on

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 11/03/2025 at 11:59:55

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account of compromise would bring about peace and would secure ends of justice. The Court does not see any fruitful purpose if criminal proceedings are permitted to be prosecuted any further. It is a fit case for quashing. In this view of the matter, there is no reason to continue the proceedings.

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In this view of the matter, F.I.R No. 770/14 under sections 354/342/380 of IPC registered at Police Station Malviya Nagar and consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed.

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The petition is disposed of accordingly.

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JASMEET SINGH, J

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MARCH 6, 2025/sp

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 11/03/2025 at 11:59:55

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