The petitioner, Nazir, sought quashing of an FIR registered against him under Sections 376/506 IPC for alleged rape and criminal intimidation, on the ground that he and the prosecutrix had subsequently married and entered into a settlement agreement. The Delhi High Court, presided over by Justice Prateek Jalan, heard arguments from both sides, with the State opposing quashing on the basis that the allegations involved violent and forceful sexual intercourse and that the prosecutrix had already supported the prosecution case in her evidence before the Trial Court. The Court referred to the Supreme Court's judgments in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and Narinder Singh v. State of Punjab, which expressly exclude heinous offences such as rape from the scope of quashing based on settlement. The Court distinguished the Supreme Court's judgment in Madhukar v. State of Maharashtra, noting that it involved unusual circumstances of a cross-FIR, unlike the present case. Accordingly, the Court declined to exercise its discretionary jurisdiction under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to quash the FIR.