MANTUN SAHNI vs THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

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$~14 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 19.08.2025 + CRL.M.C. 4646/2025 & CRL.M.A. 20196/2025 MANTUN SAHNI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Bishwajit Singh, Advocate versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for the State with SI Suresh Kumar Meena Mr. Prakhar Aditya, Advocate for R-2 with R-2 in person. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioner seeks quashing of case FIR No. 446/2014 of Police Station New Usmanpur, North East Delhi for offence under Section 279/337 IPC on the ground that the victim/complainant de facto (respondent no. 2) has compromised the dispute with him. 2. Broadly speaking, the petitioner, while driving his truck in rash and negligent manner collided the same against the TSR being driven by respondent no. 2, thereby causing minor injuries to the latter by way of a jerk. Consequently, on complaint of respondent no. 2 the FIR under CRL.M.C. 4646/2025 Page 1 of 2 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45 569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1557 0996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa , cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.08.19 17:30:25 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:19.08.2025 17:49:44 consideration was registered. 3. Learned APP accepts notice and submits that State has no serious objection to this petition. 4. Respondent no. 2 identified by IO/SI Suresh Kumar Meena and accompanied with his counsel accepts notice. 5. I have spoken with respondent no. 2 in Hindi and he states that since only some minor injuries by way of a jer