RAM LAKHAN & ORS. vs THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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$~51 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 18.08.2025 + CRL.M.C. 2555/2025 & CRL.M.A. 11440/2025 RAM LAKHAN & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Kushagra Bansal, Advocate. versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with ASI D. Kumar and Inspector Manoj Kumar. Mr. Vaibhav Negi, Advocate for R-2. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioners seek quashing of case FIR No. 181/2019 of PS Shalimar Bagh for offence under Section 308/323/341/34 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 with his counsel and identified by Investigating Officer/ASI Dhirendra Kumar accepts notice. 3. Learned APP accepts notice and strongly objects to this petition, CRL.M.C. 2555/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962 c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF Signature Not Verified DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, KATHPALIA serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f8 0cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.08.18 17:22:19 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:18.08.2025 17:46:11 disclosing that the remaining four injured persons have not been impleaded; that in the incident, one child also suffered injuries; that before the trial court, the present respondent no.2 has already testified against the petitioners and his testimony stands concluded; and that injuries suffered by the victims were serious in the sense that two injured persons suffered grievous hurt on head while the remaining three suffered simple injur