Tarunn Kumar Annand Vs State NCT of Delhi and Anr. — Cheating and Forgery | Delhi HC (2026)

Tarunn Kumar Annand Vs State NCT of Delhi and Anr. — Cheating and Forgery | Delhi HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Petition allowed and disposed of: FIR No.547/2013 dated 21.10.2013 registered at PS: Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi under Sections 420/468/471/120B IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom quashed; disposal made subject to petitioner and respondent no.2 jointly paying Rs.3,00,000/-, equally divided, to be deposited within four weeks with (i) Delhi Police Public School, (ii) The Delhi Police Welfare Society Fund, and (iii) The Delhi Police Martyr's Fund.

Issue for consideration

Whether FIR No.547/2013 dated 21.10.2013 registered at PS: Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi under Sections 420/468/471/120B IPC, and all proceedings emanating therefrom, should be quashed in view of the settlement (Memorandum of Understanding dated 22.04.2014) between the petitioner and respondent no.2.

Court's answer

Since a Settlement has been arrived at voluntarily between the parties and accompanying affidavits of the parties have been filed, the parties shall remain bound by all the terms and conditions thereof.

Ratio / Principle

Following the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Jitendra Raghuvanshi (2013) 4 SCC 58, Gian Singh (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder Singh (2014) 6 SCC 466, continuation of the present FIR against the petitioner will be an exercise in futility.

Key takeaways

The petition is allowed and FIR No.547/2013 dated 21.10.2013 registered at PS: Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi under Sections 420/468/471/120B of the IPC, and all proceedings emanating therefrom, are hereby quashed.ratio¶18
The petition is disposed of subject to both petitioner and respondent no.2 agreeing to jointly pay an amount of Rs.3,00,000/-, to be equally divided between both the parties and deposited with three specified entities within four weeks.ratio¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

CRIMINAL LAW - QUASHING OF FIR ON SETTLEMENT: Delhi High Court (Hon'ble Mr. Justice Saurabh Banerjee, 19.02.2026), in CRL.M.C. 780/2026 filed under Section 528 BNSS 2023 read with Section 482 CrPC 1973, allowed the petition and quashed FIR No.547/2013 dated 21.10.2013 registered at PS: Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi under Sections 420/468/471/120B IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom. Petitioner Tarunn Kumar Annand and respondent no.2 had arrived at a Memorandum of Understanding dated 22.04.2014 (with proofs of identities), whereby the petitioner had already paid respondent no.2 the total settlement amount of Rs.18,00,000/-; affidavits were filed, respondent no.2 present in Court affirmed the MOU, and the State APP raised no objection. Holding the parties bound by the settlement terms and, following the Supreme Court's law in Jitendra Raghuvanshi v. Babita Raguvanshi (2013) 4 SCC 58, Gian Singh v. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder Singh v. State of Punjab (2014) 6 SCC 466, the Court found continuation of the FIR an exercise in futility. Disposal was conditioned on petitioner and respondent no.2 jointly paying Rs.3,00,000/-, equally divided, to be deposited within four weeks with Delhi Police Public School, the Delhi Police Welfare Society Fund and the Delhi Police Martyr's Fund.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- CRL.M.C. 780/2026

TARUNN KUMAR ANNAND .....Petitioner Through: Mr. D. K. Rai, Ms. Rachna Rai, Mr. Rohan Teotia and Ms. Mehak Goyal, Advs.

versus

STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Ms. Upasna Bakshi, Advocate and SI Sunil Gaur.

Mr. Akshay Soni and Mr. Ajay Kumar, Advs. for R-2

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R % 19.02.2026

By virtue of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ( BNSS ), read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ( Cr.P.C. ), the petitioner seek quashing of FIR No.547/2013 dated 21.10.2013 registered at PS: Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi under Sections 420/468/471/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ( IPC ) and all proceedings emanating therefrom, in view of the Memorandum of Understanding dated 22.04.2014 [ Annexure P2 ] arrived at between the petitioner and the respondent no.2, which is accompanied by their respective proofs of identities.

Issue notice.

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Learned APP for the State accepts notice, and submits that he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.

Respondent no.2, present in Court, also accepts notice and affirms the terms of the aforesaid Memorandum of Understanding, whereby the petitioner has already paid her the total settlement amount of Rs.18,00,000/-, and he has no objection to the quashing of the aforesaid FIR.

The petitioner and the respondent no.2, present in Court, as well as their credentials, as on record, have been identified by the IO. 6. Since, a Settlement has already been arrived at voluntarily between the parties, as also since, accompanying affidavit(s) of the parties involved have also been filed herewith, the parties shall remain bound by all the terms and conditions thereof. As such, 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 , continuation of the present FIR against the petitioner will be an exercise in futility.

Accordingly, the petition is allowed and FIR No.547/2013 dated 21.10.2013 registered at PS: Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi under Sections 420/468/471/120B of the IPC and all proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed.

The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms, albeit , subject to both petitioner and respondent no.2 agreeing to jointly pay an amount of Rs.3,00,000/- which shall be equally divided between both the parties and shall be depositing with the following ‘ three entities ’ within a period of

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four weeks :-

i. Delhi Police Public School, B-4 Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029 [Telephone No.8130996770, 7683071791], CBSE Aff. No.2730240, D.O.E. ID: 1719116, in Account No.920010030379631, IFSC Code UTIB0003330, Axis Bank Branch at Asaf Ali Road DL, New Delhi-110002;

ii. The Delhi Police Welfare Society Fund [Account No.18200100001081 and IFSC Code-UCBA0001820]; and iii. The Delhi Police, Marytyr’s Fund [Account No.18200110036907 and IFSC Code-UCBA0001820].

SAURABH BANERJEE, J

FEBRUARY 19, 2026/ bh

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