MOHIT YADAV vs STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~74 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 05th May, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 3476/2026 MOHIT YADAV .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vignaraj Pasayat, Advocate (DHCLSC) with Mr. Naman Aggarwal and Mr. Eishan, Advocates with petitioner in person. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with SI Ankit Sagar, PS Neb Sarai. Respondent No.2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) CRL.M.A. 14098/2026 (exemption) Exemption allowed subject to all just exceptions. CRL.M.C. 3476/2026 1. Petitioner herein seeks quashing of FIR No.SD-NS-000228 dated 04.05.2023, registered at e-Police Station (Neb Sarai, South District), for commission of offence under Section 380 IPC, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. As per the allegations appearing in the abovesaid FIR, the petitioner and respondent No.2 came in contact of each other through one dating Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 3476/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:07.05.2026 10:38:18 application known as ‘Happn’. They both met each other at the residence of respondent No.2 and on the date of such meeting, which took place on 04.05.2023, the petitioner herein took away her mobile phone. When the matter was reported to police, it resulted in registration of e-FIR for commission of offence under Section 380 IPC. 3. Charge-sheet has already been filed and subsequently, offence under Section 411 IPC was added. Trial is underway but the complainant has, so far, not entered into witness box. 4. In the interregnum, both the parties have sorted out the matter and have drawn a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) executed on 03.12.2025. Admittedly, the