Ashok Kumar & Ors v. State NCT of Delhi & Anr

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11.11.2025 CRL.M.A. 33232/2025

¶1Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

¶2Application is disposed of. CRL.M.C. 7946/2025

¶3Petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ('BNSS') has been filed on behalf of the Petitioners, for quashing of FIR No.0398/2022 under Sections 380/454/411/34 IPC, registered at PS: GTB Enclave, Delhi and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, in terms of Settlement Deed dated 25.09.2025.

¶4Learned APP for State and learned counsel for Respondent No.2 appear on advance Notice and accept Notice.

¶5Brief facts of the case are that Petitioner No.1 was employee in the Godown of Respondent No.2 / Complainant and had stolen aluminum frames The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. and sheet and GI Sheets from the godown and sold the same to Petitioner Nos.2 and 3.

¶6Recovery of all stolen articles was made thereafter and now parties have amicably settled all their disputes.

¶7It is further submitted that on 12.09.2022, on Complaint of Respondent No.2, FIR No.0398/2022 under Sections 380/454/411/34 IPC was registered at PS: GTB Enclave, Delhi.

¶8It is submitted that present FIR was a consequence of steeling the material by Petitioner No.1/ex-employee of Respondent No.2 and selling the same to Petitioner Nos.2 and 3. It is stated that the Petitioners and Respondent No.2 have amicably settled all the disputes and differences between them vide Settlement Deed dated 25.09.2025.

¶9The parties are present in the Court and have been identified by the IO. The parties submit that they have arrived at the settlement without any force, coercion and undue influence and pressure and they have signed the Settlement dated 25.09.2025 with their wish and will.

¶10Learned Counsel for Petitioners submits that the parties have no grievance against each other. Since Respondent No. 2 has already made a statement before the Court that he does not want to pursue the proceedings in FIR, the present Petition be allowed and FIR No.0398/2022 be quashed.

¶11In view of Settlement Deed dated 25.09.2025, present Petition has been filed.

¶12In view of the fact that the FIR in question was premised upon steeling of some article by Petitioner No.1 from godown of Respondent No.2, which have been recovered and the matter has been amicably resolved in terms of Settlement Deed dated 25.09.2025. Considering the fact that parties have The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. been living together for last two months and Respondent No.2 has also given no objection to the quashing of FIR, no fruitful purpose would be served in continuing with the proceedings arising out of the FIR.

¶13Consequently, FIR No.0398/2022 under Sections 380/454/411/34 IPC was registered at PS: GTB Enclave, Delhi and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

¶14The Petition along with pending Application is disposed of.

NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. NOVEMBER 11, 2025/R The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 7946/2025 ASHOK KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sudhakar Singh, Mr. Deepak Singh and Mr. Sandeep Singh, Advs. with Petitioners in person. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. ....Respondents Through: Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP. Mr. Nitin Kumar Gaur, Adv. for R-2 with R-2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA