RAVINDER SINGH vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~35 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 08.08.2025 + W.P.(CRL) 2468/2025 RAVINDER SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajeev Kumar, Adv. and Ms. Alka Srivastava, Adv. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel with SI Vinod Kumar, P.S. IGI Airport CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT(ORAL) RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. The present Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India along with section 528 of the BNSS, 2023, seeking quashing of the FIR No. 0493/2024 registered at PS IGI Airport under section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 and proceedings emanating therefrom. 2. Briefly stated, the facts as per the FIR are that on 11.07.2024, during baggage screening at Terminal-3 of IGI Airport, four undeclared live cartridges were detected in the check-in baggage of W.P.(CRL) 2468/2025 Page 1 of 7 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:08.08.2025 18:40:02 the petitioner bound for Mumbai by flight no. AI0865. Upon physical inspection in the presence of airline security staff, it was found that the cartridges, each measuring 32 mm in length and 9mm in diameter with markings "32 S & W LONG S & B" were seized, and a sketch memo was prepared. The ammunition was sealed and handed over to the police, and a complaint was lodged by SI EXE Kaulshik Chaturvedi, CISF Unit, IGI Airport, New Delhi. Based on the investigation and absence of proper documents, an FIR under Section 25 of the Arms Act was registered against the petitioner, and further inquiry was initiated by SI Mukesh Kumar. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had neither knowledge nor conscious possession of the four undeclared ammunitions found in his baggage, an