NITIN HOODA vs THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

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$~57 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 21.08.2025 + CRL.M.C. 5761/2025 & CRL.M.A. 24680/2025 NITIN HOODA .....Petitioner Through: Counsel for petitioner (appearance not given) versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State with SI Kishan Chand, PS Dwarka South CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioner seeks quashing of case FIR No. 358/2024 of PS Dwarka South for offence under Section 109(1) BNS read with Section 27 Arms Act on the ground that the complainant de facto (respondent no.2) has compromised the disputes with the petitioner. 2. At the outset, learned APP points out that earlier the petitioner filed a similar petition for quashing the same FIR and the said petition bearing no. CRL.M.C. 9429/2024 was dismissed as unconditionally withdrawn vide order dated 02.12.2024 of a coordinate bench. That being so, according to learned APP the present petition is not even maintainable. CRL.M.C.5761/2025 Page 1 of 2 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, Signature Not Verified GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec 45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1 Digitally Signed 5570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff80 1e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA By:NEETU N NAIR Date: 2025.08.21 18:39:07 -07'00' Signing Date:21.08.2025 18:42:15 3. Broadly speaking, the allegation against the petitioner is that he pointed his pistol at respondent no.2, who at that time was accompanied with his children; and the petitioner challenged to kill respondent no.2, after which he pulled the trigger, firing a bullet which missed the target because the perso