VENKATESHWAR HOSPITAL AND ANR vs STATE OF NCT DELHI AND ANR

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$~74 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: December 2, 2025 + W.P.(CRL) 3976/2025 & CRL.M.A. 35803/2025, CRL.M.A. 35804/2025 VENKATESHWAR HOSPITAL AND ANR .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Petal Chandhok & Ms. Garima Raisinghani, Advs. along with P-2. versus STATE OF NCT DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Yasir Rauf Ansari, ASC (Crl.) for the State along with Mr. Alok Sharma, Adv. SI Gaurav, PS Dwarka North. Mr. Pardeep Dahiya, Adv. for R-2 along with R-2 through V.C. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been field under under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’) by the petitioners, seeking quashing of FIR No. 455/2022 dated 14.07.2022, registered at Police Station Dwarka North, for the offences under Sections 336/337/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC') and all the consequential proceedings emanating Signature Not Verifiedtherefrom. Signed By:HARMINDER W.P.(CRL) 3976/2025 Page 1 of 13 KAUR Signing Date:11.12.2025 16:36:43 2. The Petitioner no. 1/Venkateshwar Hospital, is a multispecialty hospital located at Sector 18A, Dwarka, New Delhi and the Petitioner no. 2/Dr. Dipti K. Yadav has been engaged as Senior Consultant (Obstetrician and Gynaecologist) with Petitioner no. 1 and is currently the Associate Director in the Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Department. The Respondent no. 2/Complainant was a patient taking treatment for her pregnancy at Petitioner no. 1 and was under supervision of Petitioner no. 2. 3. Succinctly stated, the subject FIR was registered pursuant to a complaint of the Respondent No. 2, alleging medical negligence on part of the Petitioner No. 2/Dr. Dipti K. Yadav and the Petitione