MS. NS vs THE STATE AND ANR.

Judgment text excerpt

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Pronounced on: 3rd February, 2025 + CRL.M.C. 2956/2021 & CRL.M.A. 29453/2024 MS. NS ..... Petitioner Through: Ms. Anu Narula, Advocate (DHCLSC). versus 1. THE STATE ..... Respondent No. 1 2. DEEPIKA SETH W/o Saurabh Chadha, R/o P-3, 2nd Floor, Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, New Delhi-110017 ..... Respondent No. 2 Through: Mr. Shoaib Haider, APP for State. Mr. Puneet Mittal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Rajendra Pratap Singh & Ms. Sakshi Mendiratta, Advocates for R-2/Complainant. S.I. Saurabh, PS Malviya Nagar, Delhi. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA JUDGMENT NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. The present Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “Cr.P.C., 1973”) has been filed Signature Not Verified DigitallySigned By:VIKAS ARORA CRL.M.C. 2956/2021 Page 1 of 7 Signing Date:31.01.2025 14:42:22 on behalf of the Petitioner to quash the FIR No. 494/2021 dated 18.08.2021 under Sections 354(B)/451/509 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “IPC, 1860”). 2. Facts in brief are that the Petitioner had visited the house of her Bua, Smt. Chander Prabha at her residence at P-3, 2nd Floor, Malviya Nagar, Delhi on 11.08.2021, where she resides with her family, to discuss certain family issues. While the Petitioner was sitting and having her discussion and trying to amicably solve the ongoing family disputes relating to property between her parental family and Bua etc., Smt. Deepika Seth got aggressive and violent with the Petitioner and snatched her phone. She held her hair, slapped her and gave her beatings. Instead of restraining and stopping her daughter, Smt. Chander Prabha along with her husband S.P. Chohdha and maid, also joined her. They forcibly tried to lock her