SMT GEETA RANI & ANR. vs STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

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$~73 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: November 27, 2025 + CRL.M.C. 8446/2025 & CRL.M.A. 35275/2025 SMT GEETA RANI & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ghanshyam Maurya, Adv. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with SI Sahil, PS Prasad Nagar. Mr. Ratnesh Kant and Mr. Amit Prakash, Advs. for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. 1. The present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (‘B.N.S.S’) seeking quashing of FIR No. 267/2022 dated 05.06.2022 registered at Police Station Prasad Nagar, New Delhi, for the offences under sections 324/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) against the petitioners. 2. Briefly stated, the present FIR was registered at the behest of Complainant/Rahul alleging that on 05.06.2022, an altercation took place between the complainant, his cousins Abhishek and Siddharth and his aunt/Geeta, when Smt. Geeta grabbed him Signature Not Verified Signed By:SANJAY CRL.M.C. 8446/2025 Page 1 of 5 KUMAR Signing Date:28.11.2025 21:36:37 from behind and Abhishek stabbed his shoulder with a vegetable knife. 3. Subsequently, the chargesheet has been filed under sections 324/34 of the IPC against the accused persons. 4. The present petition is filed on the ground that the parties have amicably settled all their disputes inter se, vide the Mediation Settlement Deed dated 14.02.2025, for a total amount of Rs. 4,00,000/-, out of their own will and without any threat, pressure, coercion or undue influence. 5. It is further stated that the petitioners have paid the aforesaid amount of Rs 4,00,000/- to the complainant by way of DD No/Banker Cheque No 278630 and 278631, respectively, dated 04.03.2025 of Rs 2,00,000/- each