Sree Balaji K v. State NCT of Delhi and Anr.
Quashing of FIR – Petition under Section 528 BNSS
Case brief
What is this about?
CRL.M.C. 846/2025, Delhi High Court, decided 18.07.2025 by Neena Bansal Krishna, J. Quashing of FIR under S.528 BNSS on basis of settlement deed dated 05.09.2024; FIR No.0042/2018 under Sections 354A/354D/507 IPC (sexual harassment, stalking, criminal intimidation), PS Vasant Vihar; prosecutrix (Respondent No.2) appeared through VC and raised no objection, stating no trouble since many years; incident of 2013, complainant shifted to Mumbai in 2015; petitioner stated to suffer from bipolar disorder; FIR and consequential proceedings quashed; petition recorded as dismissed, applications disposed.
What did the court decide?
Substantive relief granted: FIR No.0042/2018 under Sections 354A/354D/507 IPC registered at PS: Vasant Vihar and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom stand quashed in terms of Settlement Deed dated 05.09.2024 (judgment para 10, ¶26). However, the petition itself was formally recorded as 'accordingly dismissed' with pending applications disposed of (judgment para 11, ¶27); hence the anomalous pairing of quashing with dismissal is preserved rather than resolved by inference.