PREETAM THAKUR & ANR. vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~70 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 11.08.2025 ,,,,,,,,,, + W.P.(CRL) 1707/2025 & & CRL.M.A. 15931/2025 SEEKING EXEMPTION FROM FILING CERTIFIED COPIES PREETAM THAKUR & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Manish Gupta, Mr. Amit Thakur, Mr. Manoj Kumar, Ms. Sabiya, Advs. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel for the State & Mr. Abhinav Arya, Mr. Aryan Sachdeva, Advs. with SI Manish, PS Budh Vihar CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT(ORAL) RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. This is a petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, seeking quashing of FIR No. 63/2025, dated 31.01.2025, registered at P.S Budh Vihar, Rohini, Delhi under Sections 333/ 115(2)/ 126/ 74/ 351/ 79/ 3(5) BNS (452/ 323/ 339/ 357/ 503/ 509/ 34 IPC) and all proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of settlement between the parties. W.P.(CRL)1707/2025 Page 1 of 4 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:12.08.2025 11:26:40 2. Both parties are neighbors. As per averments made in the FIR, on 30.01.2025 Respondent No. 2 and her relatives were subjected to physical assault and abuses by petitioners who forcibly entered her house and threatened them with a pistol. She further alleged that Petitioner No. 1 molested her and even harmed her brother’s 1.5 month old baby. Subsequently, FIR No. 63/2025 was lodged at the instance of Respondent No. 2 at PS Budh Vihar, Rohini, Delhi under section 333/115(2)/126/74/351/79/3(5) BNS against the petitioners. In response to the aforesaid FIR, Petitioner No. 2 also lodged an FIR No. 62/2025 at PS Budh Vihar, Rohini on 31.01.2025 under section 333/115(2)/126/74/351/79/3(5) BNS against Respondent No. 2. 3. During the course of pr