Rahmatullah @ Rahmat Siddiqui Vs the State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- CRL.M.C. 5149/2026, CRL.M.A. 21626/2026

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RAHMATULLAH @ RAHMAT SIDDIQUI .....Petitioner

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Through: Mr. Dalip Kumar Santoshi, Adv.

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versus

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THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP with Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Adv. SI- Suresh Kr. Meena, PS: New Usman Pur

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

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O R D E R

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% 24.07.2026

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By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ( BNSS ) the petitioner seeks quashing of the FIR No.745/2018 dated 24.09.2018 registered at PS.: New Usmanpur under Sections 354/342 of the of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ( IPC ) read with Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 ( POCSO Act ) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of the Compromise Deed dated 06.06.2026, whereby the petitioners and the respondent no.2 have mutually resolved their disputes.

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Issue Notice.

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Learned APP accepts notice and objects to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.

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This is a digitally signed order.

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Respondent no.2, present in Court, also accepts notice submits that she has no objection if the present petition allowed.

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This Court has further had the occasion of interacting with the petitioner as well as the respondent no.2. They affirm the terms of the aforesaid Compromise Deed dated 06.06.2026, whereby the parties have resolved their inter se disputes ( Annexure 2 ). Respondent no.2 hence submits that she does not wish to continue the aforesaid FIR against the petitioner.

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The petitioner and the respondent no.2 as well as their credentials, as on record, have been identified by the concerned IO. 7. Upon consideration of the existing facts and the overall events unfolding in their entirety, even though this Court is mindful that the present FIR No.745/2018 dated 24.09.2018 has been registered under Sections 354/342 of the IPC, this Court is inclined to quash the present FIR in exercise of its inherent powers under Section 528 of the BNSS, particularly, since the respondent no.2 had entered into a compromise with the petitioner in the midst of pendency of the proceedings and has given her affidavit to the aforesaid effect and is thus no longer inclined to support the case of the prosecution as also since it will also be in the interest of the parties and betterment of their future. Even otherwise, the respondent no.2 is a young girl of marriageable age with a future prospect ahead and wishes to be gainfully employed with no fritters involved.

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As noted above, a compromise based on mutual terms between the petitioner and the respondent no.2 is the basis of filing the present petition, which is accompanied by their respective affidavit(s) qua the said effect, especially since the present proceedings are involving the lives and

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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 28/07/2026 at 11:17:49

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liabilities of two young minds who have no prior and/ or subsequent antecedents and have a future ahead. In view thereof, the present is a fit case for quashing the aforesaid FIR. Accordingly, as also following the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Jitendra Raghuvanshi & Ors. vs. Babita Raguvanshi & Anr.: (2013) 4 SCC 58 , Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab & Anr.: (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder Singh & Ors. vs. State of Punjab & Anr.: (2014) 6 SCC 466 , and also since there is nothing left to corroborate and prove the case of the prosecution, continuation of the present FIR will be an exercise in futility. 9. Therefore, the present petition is allowed and FIR No.745/2018 dated 24.09.2018 registered at PS.: New Usmanpur under Sections 354/342 of IPC read with Section 8 of POCSO Act as also all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed.

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Accordingly, the present petition alongwith the pending application is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

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SAURABH BANERJEE, J

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JULY 24, 2026/Ab

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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 28/07/2026 at 11:17:49

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