Nalini Bhandari & Ors. v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.
Criminal Procedure – Quashing – Settlement
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, CRL.M.C. 475/2025 (decided 14.07.2025, Neena Bansal Krishna, J): quashing of the charge-sheet in FIR No. 0182/2020 dated 09.11.2020 registered under Sections 420/406/409/120B IPC at P.S. Mandir Marg, based on a voluntary Settlement Agreement dated 28.05.2024 between Petitioners (Nalini Bhandari & Ors.) and the Complainant; Complainant consented through VC with liberty to pursue civil litigation against HDFC; invoked Section 528 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 read with section 482 Cr.P.C.; Petitioners' counsel: Vrinda Bhandari, Pragya Barsaiyan; State represented by APP Yudhvir Singh Chauhan (SI Devender Singh, Insp. Bharat Bhusan, P.S. EOW present); petition and pending applications (CRL.M.A. 2300/2025, CRL.M.A. 4030/2025) disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Charge-sheet in FIR No. 0182/2020 quashed with liberty as prayed for (the Complainant having sought liberty to pursue civil litigation against HDFC); the Petition alongwith pending applications CRL.M.A. 2300/2025 & CRL.M.A. 4030/2025 stands disposed of.