DIVYANSHU MALHOTRA & ORS. vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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$~68 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 07.08.2025 + CRL.M.C. 2573/2025 & CRL.M.A. 11506/2025 DIVYANSHU MALHOTRA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ajay Satija, Advocate along with petitioners in person. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for the State with SI Ashish, PS Khyala R-2 in person. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 224/2024 of Police Station Rajouri Garden for offence under Sections 323/341/506/427/34 IPC on the ground that the complainant de facto (respondent no. 2) has compromised the disputes with the petitioners. 2. Respondent no. 2 present in court and identified by IO/SI Ashish Yadav accepts notice. Learned APP accepts notice. 3. I have spoken with the parties in Hindi. Respondent no. 2 submits that he does not wish to pursue the prosecution of petitioners and has compromised the disputes with them. CRL. M.C. 2573/2025 Page 1 of 2 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.08.07 18:07:15 -07'00' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:07.08.2025 18:10:07 4. Learned APP submits that State has no objection to quashing, subject to terms, especially because respondent no. 2 appears to be under some pressure. I have again spoken with respondent no. 2 as to whether he would prefer continuing the prosecution. But respondent no. 2 insists that he does not want to pursue prosecution. 5. C