MS AASTHA AGRAWAL vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~53 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 16th January, 2025 + W.P.(CRL) 127/2025 MS AASTHA AGRAWAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Siddharth Goswami, Ms. Priya Nagar & Mr. Aakash Sharma, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yasir Rauf Ansari, ASC, Crl., Mr. Alok Sharma & Mr. Vasu Agarwal, Advocates for State. S.I. Ashok Kumar, PS IGI Airport, Delhi. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T (oral) CRL.M.A. 1066/2025 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The Application is disposed of. W.P.(CRL) 127/2025 3. Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner seeking to quash the FIR No. 0727/2024 under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act, 1959”) registered at Police Station IGI Airport, Delhi. 4. It is submitted in the Petition that the Petitioner was travelling in a flight to Gwalior via Delhi from Vadodara, on 24.09.2024 to attend the funeral ceremony of her maternal grandmother (Naani). She was carrying her handbag in which one 8mm live ammunition was recovered at IGI Signature Not Verified DigitallySigned By:SAHIL SHARMA W.P.(CRL) 127/2025 Page 1 of 4 Signing Date:18.01.2025 17:53:47 Airport, Delhi. She asserts that she has no idea of how it came into her handbag. 5. The Petitioner is a student and pursuing her Master of Surgery in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sumandeep University, Vadodara. 6. It is asserted that there was no conscious possession of the said ammunition. Therefore, the prayer is made that the present FIR may be quashed. 7. Issue notice. 8. Mr. Yasir Rauf Ansari, learned Additional Standing Counsel accepts