Nazreen v. the State of NCT of Delhi

Delhi HC10 Dec 2025CRL.M.C./7080/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Quashing of cross-FIRs upon voluntary compromise/amicable settlement; Memorandum of Understanding dated 15.09.2025; FIR No. 226/2019 (Sections 147, 149, 506, 308, 323, 34 IPC) and FIR No. 227/2019 (Sections 323, 341, 506, 34 IPC), Police Station Sarita Vihar; quarrel dated 27.06.2019; CRL.M.C. 7080/2025 (Nazreen) and CRL.M.C. 7085/2025 (Urusa and Ors.); High Court of Delhi; order dated 10.12.2025; Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma, J.; no useful purpose in continuing proceedings; no legal impediment to quashing.

What did the court decide?

Quashing of FIR No. 226/2019 and FIR No. 227/2019, both registered at Police Station Sarita Vihar, and of all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom; the present petitions stand disposed of. ¶¶23

Nazreen Vs the State of NCT of Delhi — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Quashing of FIR No. 226/2019 and FIR No. 227/2019, both registered at Police Station Sarita Vihar, and of all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom; the present petitions stand disposed of.

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Issue for consideration

Whether FIR No. 226/2019 and FIR No. 227/2019, both registered at Police Station Sarita Vihar, and the consequential proceedings emanating therefrom should be quashed in view of the amicable settlement reached between the parties.

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Court's answer

Since the parties had amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will and without any coercion, no useful purpose would be served by continuing the proceedings, which would only create further acrimony between them; it would therefore be in the interest of justice to quash the FIRs in question.

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Ratio / Principle

There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIRs in question.

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Key takeaways

FIR No. 226/2019 (Sections 147/149/506/308/323/34 IPC) and FIR No. 227/2019 (Sections 323/341/506/34 IPC), both registered at Police Station Sarita Vihar, and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.ratio¶¶23

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma, J.), order dated 10.12.2025, disposed of two quashing petitions — CRL.M.C. 7080/2025 (Nazreen) and CRL.M.C. 7085/2025 (Urusa and Ors.) — arising from cross-FIRs Nos. 226/2019 (Sections 147/149/506/308/323/34 IPC) and 227/2019 (Sections 323/341/506/34 IPC), both registered at Police Station Sarita Vihar after a quarrel between the parties on 27.06.2019. The parties had amicably settled the matter vide a Memorandum of Understanding dated 15.09.2025. The complainants, present in Court and identified by the Investigating Officer, affirmed that the compromise was entered out of their own free will without pressure, coercion or threat, and raised no objection to quashing. Holding that continuance of the proceedings would serve no useful purpose and would only create further acrimony, and finding no legal impediment, the Court quashed both FIRs and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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CRL.M.C. 7080/2025 NAZREEN .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner with their counsel Mr. Noor Alam, Adv.

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versus

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THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Mr. Chetan Dahiya, Advs. Complainants with their counsel Ms. Nishat Parveen, Advocate. (15) + CRL.M.C. 7085/2025 URUSA AND ORS .....Petitioner Through: Petitioners with their counsel Ms. Nishat Parveen, Advocate. versus

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THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Mr. Chetan Dahiya, Advs. Complainants with their counsel Mr. Noor Alam, Adv.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

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O R D E R % 10.12.2025

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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 17/12/2025 at 12:29:58

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CRL.M.A. 29712/2025 (exemption) in CRL.M.C. 7080/2025 CRL.M.A. 29723/2025 (exemption) in CRL.M.C. 7085/2025

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Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

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Applications stand disposed of.

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CRL.M.C. 7080/2025 & CRL.M.C. 7085/2025

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By way of these petitions, the petitioners seek quashing of FIR bearing no. 226/2019, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 147/149/ 506/308/323/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘ IPC ’) and FIR bearing no. 227/2019, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 323/341/506/34 of the IPC, both registered at Police Station Sarita Vihar and the consequential proceedings emanating therefrom.

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The petitioners and the complainants in both the aforementioned FIRs are present before this Court and have been identified by their respective counsels and concerned Investigating Officer (IO) from Police Station Sarita Vihar, Delhi.

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Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that on 27.06.2019, a quarrel had taken place between the parties, as a result of which, both the aforementioned FIRs were registered against each other under the relevant sections. It is stated that both the parties have amicably settled the present matter vide Memorandum of Understanding dated 15.09.2025, entered between them.

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On a query made by this Court, the complainants, who have been identified by the concerned IO, have categorically stated that they have entered into compromise out of their own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. It is also stated by the complainants that the entire dispute

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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 17/12/2025 at 12:29:58

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has been amicably settled between the parties and they further state that they have no objection if both these FIRs are quashed.

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In view of the above fact that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will, 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 FIRs and the proceedings pursuant thereto. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIRs in question.

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Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 226/2019, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 147/149/ 506/308/323/34 of the IPC and FIR bearing no. 227/2019, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 323/341/506/34 of the IPC, both registered at Police Station Sarita Vihar and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed. 9. In view of the above, the present petitions stand disposed of. 10. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith.

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DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J

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DECEMBER 10, 2025/A

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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 17/12/2025 at 12:29:58

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