HEMANT KUMAR & ORS. vs STATE (GOVT.OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

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$~81 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 20th April, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 2922/2026 HEMANT KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Atinder Kumar with Mr. Yash Goyal, Advocates with petitioners in person. versus STATE (GOVT.OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State with SI Anil Kumar, HC Shankar, PS Dabri. Ms. Preeti with Ms. Deepti, Advocates for respondent No.2 with respondent No.2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No. 125/2026 dated 14.02.2026, registered at Police Station Dabri, Delhi, for commission of offences under Sections 115(2)/126(2)/79/3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 (corresponding Sections 323/341/509/34 IPC), along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. The abovesaid FIR was registered on the basis of the complaint lodged by respondent No.2 (name withheld). The incident is of 28.01.2026, when respondent No.2 was returning to her home after dropping her children at the school. Petitioner No.1, who is her neighbor, was present with his friends in Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA THAPLIYAL CRL.M.C. 2922/2026 1 Signing Date:22.04.2026 10:58:00 balcony of his house and used filthy language and made obscene gestures. When respondent No.2 started recording their such act, she was assaulted. Petitioner No.5 is mother of petitioner No.1. 3. The matter is still under investigation and charge-sheet is yet to be filed. 4. Fact, however, remains that the parties have entered into compromise and copy of Compromise Deed dated 11.04.2026 has also been placed on record, which is signed by all the petitioners as well as respondent No.2. 5.