HARJEET SINGH TALWAR vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)

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$~59 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 11th August 2025 + CRL.M.C. 5454/2025, CRL.M.A. 23405/2025, 23406/2025 HARJEET SINGH TALWAR S/o Late Sh. Prabhjot Singh R/o D-10002, Marathon Cosmos LBS Marg, Mulund West Mumbai , Maharashtra-400080 .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Umesh Sharma, Mr. M. K. Gaur, Mr. Peeyush Kaushik, Mr. Sumit Chaudhary, Mr. Siddharth Kaushik and Ms. Priyanka Kaushik, Advocates. Versus STATE NCT OF DELHI Through SHO PS IGI Airport .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP with SI Vipin, PS: IGI Airport. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. The present Petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as „B.N.S.S.‟) has been filed for quashing of FIR No. 54/2022 registered under Section 25 Arms Act, 1959 registered at Police Station I.G.I. Airport. Signature Not Verified Signed By:RITA CRL.M.C. 5454/2025 Page 1 of 6 SHARMA Signing Date:12.08.2025 17:10:01 2. Briefly stated, on 09.02.2022, the Petitioner/Harjeet Singh Talwar was travelling from New Delhi to Mumbai and upon screening of the Petitioner’s baggage, three undeclared ammunition were recovered. 3. A Complaint was made and the recovered cartridges were seized by the Police. Subsequently, FIR No. 54/2022 was registered under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959. 4. It is submitted that the Petitioner is a resident of Mumbai and his father, Late Brigadier PS Talwar retired from the services and lived in House No. 5/20, Punjabi Bagh Extension, New Delhi. He had participated in the Indo-Pak War, 1971 at Bangladesh border as a serving officer of Indian Army and retired in 1983. 5. It is submitted that the Petitioner’s father collected ammunitions and kept as memoirs of his participating in the