SONU KHATRI vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

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$~43 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 20.08.2025 + CRL.M.C. 5707/2025 & CRL.M.A. 24463/2025 SONU KHATRI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Rana, Advocate with Petitioner in person. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with Inspector Harkesh Meena and SI Rajbir and SI Gajendra, PS M. Park. Mr. Tushar Rohmetra, 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. 589/2020 of PS Mahendra Park for offence under Section 279/337/338 IPC on the ground that the complainant de facto (respondent no.2) has settled the disputes with the petitioner. 2. Broadly speaking, the petitioner, while driving his Honda Amaze car on wrong side of the road hit against motorbike of respondent no.2, thereby causing him injury and fled from the spot. The FIR was originally registered for offence under Section 279/337 IPC but subsequently on medical CRL.M.C.5707/2025 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 DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, KATHPALIA serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f 80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH Signature Not Verified KATHPALIA Date: 2025.08.20 18:59:15 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:20.08.2025 19:20:31 examination of the injured, the offence under Section 338 IPC also was added. 3. Respondent no.2 present in court, identified by IO/Inspector Harkesh Meena and accompanied with his counsel accepts notice. 4. Learned APP accepts notice and submits that State has no serious objection to this petition.