FIITJEE LTD. vs STATE & ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 04.04.2025 + CRL.M.C. 4123/2019 FIITJEE LTD. ..... Petitioner versus STATE & ORS. ..... Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Pramod K. Dubey, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Raaj Malhotra, Mr. Rahul Goyal, Mr. Abhishek Khaturia, Ms. Pinky Dubey, Ms. Amrita Vatsa, Mr. Vaibhav Kapur, Ms. Prachi Dubey, Ms. G. Priyadarshni & Ms. Swati, Advs. For the Respondents : Mr. Rajkumar, APP for the State Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ashwani K Dubey, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Baliyan & Mr. Nirbhay Sharma, Advs. for R2 to R7 CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed, inter alia, challenging the order dated 14.02.2019 (hereafter ‘impugned order’), passed by the learned Revisional Court, in Cr.Rev. 395/2018. Signature Not Verified Signed By:DEEPANSHU Signing Date:09.04.2025 CRL.M.C. 4123/2019 Page 1 of 23 19:52:04 2. By the impugned order, the learned Revisional Court had upheld the order dated 19.05.2018, in CC No. 12114/2017, whereby the learned Trial Court had dismissed the application filed by the petitioner under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’). 3. The brief facts of the case are as follows: 3.1. It is the case of the complaint petitioner that Respondent Nos. 2 to 7 had conspired and cheated it of crores of rupees. It is alleged that Respondent Nos. 2 to 7 induced the petitioner company to start a school at a piece of land admeasuring 17 acres at Kaushalpura, Bhopal, despite knowing that the permission for change of land use for the land in question would never be given by the Government of Madhya Pradesh. It is alleged that Respondent Nos. 2 to 7 misrepresented that Respondent No.2 was the owner of the said land, however, no s