DEVESH BHARDWAJ vs STATE & ANR

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 25.02.2025 CRL.M.C. 4521/2019 & CRL.M.A. 35443/2019 DEVESH BHARDWAJ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hrishikesh Baruah, Mr. Parth Goswami, Mr. Akshay Kumar and Ms. Lakshmi Walia, Advocates versus STATE & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with SI Kavish Rana, P.S. Laxmi Nagar CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [hereafter ‘Cr.P.C.’] has been filed on behalf of the petitioner, seeking quashing of chargesheet and proceedings in SC/3339/2018, arising from FIR No. 416/2018, registered at Police Station Shakarpur, Delhi, for offence punishable under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter ‘IPC’]. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that on 01.09.2018, a complaint was filed by the complainant, i.e. respondent 3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner contends that the petitioner, who is a young engineering professional working in a prestigious multinational company, has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is