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1. The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ["BNSS"] (corresponding to Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ["CrPC"]) seeking partial quashing of FIR No. 69/2017 dated 06.03.2017, registered at Police Station Swaroop Nagar, District North-West, New Delhi, under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ["IPC"], and all proceedings emanating therefrom, on the ground of settlement.

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13. While one of the accused persons - the husband of respondent No.2 - is neither a party to the MoU nor to the present petition, a coordinate Bench of this Court, in Sunil Tomar v. The State of NCT of Delhi and Anr. [CRL.M.C. 1741/2021, decided on 12.04.2022], has, while relying upon a judgment of the Supreme Court in Lovely Salhotra and Anr. v. State (NCT of Delhi) and Anr. [(2018) 12 SCC 391], held that partial quashing of FIRs on account of settlement is permissible. The relevant observations are as follows:

"9. Partial quashing or part quashing of FIR only qua the petitioner/ accused with whom the complainant has compromised or settled the matter can be allowed and while quashing, it must be appreciated that the petitioner/accused cannot be allowed to suffer based on a complaint filed by the respondent, when subsequently, all disputes have been settled between the parties. Reliance can be placed on Poonam Khanna vs. State & Ors in Crl.M.C.No. 3690/2016 Dated 30.01.2018.