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Deewan Chand v. the State NCT of Delhi

Delhi HC11 Feb 2026CRL.M.C./350/2026

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What is this about?

Quashing of FIR on compromise/settlement; CRL.M.C. 350/2026, Deewan Chand v. State NCT of Delhi, Delhi High Court, order dated 11.02.2026, Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma (single judge); FIR No. 0452/2025, PS Neb Sarai, Delhi; offences under Sections 74/75/127(2) BNS 2023; MoU dated 05.12.2025; voluntary compromise without coercion; FIR and consequential proceedings quashed; petition disposed; hearing of 02.07.2026 cancelled; early hearing application CRL.M.A. 4653/2026 allowed; no precedent cited.

What did the court decide?

FIR No. 0452/2025 (PS Neb Sarai) under Sections 74/75/127(2) of the BNS and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom quashed; petition disposed of; next date of hearing (02.07.2026) cancelled. ¶27

Deewan Chand Vs the State NCT of Delhi — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether FIR No. 0452/2025, Police Station Neb Sarai, Delhi, registered for offences punishable under Sections 74/75/127(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and all consequent proceedings should be quashed on the basis of the settlement arrived at 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.

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Ratio / Principle

It was in the interest of justice to quash the FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto, and there was no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question.

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Delhi High Court (Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma, J.), order dated 11.02.2026 in CRL.M.C. 350/2026 (Deewan Chand v. The State NCT of Delhi): Petition seeking quashing of FIR No. 0452/2025 of Police Station Neb Sarai, Delhi, registered for offences punishable under Sections 74/75/127(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, was disposed of with the FIR and all consequential proceedings quashed. The parties had settled their dispute vide Memorandum of Understanding dated 05.12.2025; respondent no. 2, identified by the IO, affirmed before the Court that she entered into the compromise out of her own free will and without pressure, coercion or threat, and raised no objection to quashing. Holding that continuation of proceedings would serve no useful purpose and would create further acrimony, and that there was no legal impediment to quashing, the Court quashed the FIR in the interest of justice and cancelled the next hearing date of 02.07.2026. Application CRL.M.A. 4653/2026 (early hearing) was allowed and disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- CRL.M.C. 350/2026

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DEEWAN CHAND .....Petitioner

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Through: Mr. Manish Sharma and Mr. Neeraj Sharma, Advocates along with petitioner in person.

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versus

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THE STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Digam Singh Dagar, APP for State. Mr. Manish Giri, Advocate along with R-2 in person.

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CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

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O R D E R % 11.02.2026

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CRL.M.A. 4653/2026 (early hearing)

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By way of the present application, the applicant is seeking early hearing of the above-captioned petition.

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For the reasons mentioned in the present application and the fact that both the parties have compromised between themselves, the present application is allowed.

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Accordingly, the present application is disposed of.

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CRL.M.C. 350/2026

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By way of the present petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of the FIR bearing No. 0452/2025, registered at Police Station Neb Sarai, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 74/75/127(2) of

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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 18/02/2026 at 12:07:37

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the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter ‘BNS' ) and all consequent proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of settlement arrived at between the parties.

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Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State.

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The petitioner and respondent no. 2 are present before this Court and have been identified by their counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) concerned, Police Station, Neb Sarai, Delhi.

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Brief facts of the case are that on 25.11.2025 due to some misunderstanding between the petitioner and respondent no. 2, various differences, disputes and issues had arisen between the petitioner and the respondent no. 2. Upon the complaint by respondent no. 2, the present FIR came to be registered against the petitioner. It is stated that with intervention of the family and friends, the parties have now amicably settled their dispute vide Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 05.12.2025.

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On a query made by this Court, respondent no. 2 who has been identified by the IO, has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise out of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion or threat. Therefore, she has no objection if the present FIR is quashed.

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

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Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 0452/2025, registered at Police Station Neb Sarai, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections

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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 18/02/2026 at 12:07:37

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74/75/127(2) of BNS and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

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The petition stands disposed of and the next date of hearing in the present matter i.e., 02.07.2026 stands cancelled.

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The order be uploaded on the website forthwith.

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DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J

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FEBRUARY 11, 2026/vc/r

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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 18/02/2026 at 12:07:37

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