MOHD. HANIF & ORS. vs THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI) & ANR.

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$~10 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 11.08.2025 + CRL.M.C. 3948/2025 MOHD. HANIF & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr Mahboob Inayati and Mr. Shoaib Khan, Advocates with petitioners in person. versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with SI Nitin. Respondent no.2 in person. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 404/2017 of PS Jamia Nagar for offence under Section 323/341/354/354B/506/34 IPC on the ground that the complainant de facto (respondent no.2) has compromised the disputes with them. Detailed statements of parties were recorded by the Joint Registrar. 2. Today also, the petitioners as well as respondent no.2 have personally appeared and are identified by IO/SI Nitin. 3. Learned APP submits that State has no objection to this petition. CRL.M.C. 3948/2025 Page 1 of 2 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835 d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2ee Signature Not Verified e60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.08.11 17:41:15 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:11.08.2025 17:48:53 4. I have again spoken with respondent no.2 in Hindi and she submits that since petitioners are her neighbours, for the sake of permanent quietus, with the intervention of respectable persons of the locality, she has compromised the disputes with the petitioners, so she does not wish to pursue their prosecution. 5. Having spoken with respondent no.2, I am satisfied that it would be in the interest of