MILI DEBNATH vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 03.07.2025 CRL.M.C. 417/2025 & CRL.M.A. 1992/2025 MILI DEBNATH .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Harsha Sharma, Mr. Anand Dubey and Mr. Rahul, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The petitioner, by way of this petition, seeks setting aside of order of cognizance dated 08.02.2024 [hereafter „impugned order‟] passed by the learned Special Judge (PC Act)(ACB)-02, Rouse Avenue District Courts, New Delhi [hereafter „Special Judge‟] in CC No. 28/2023, arising out of FIR No. 36/2018, registered on 07.02.2018 at Police Station Dwarka-South, Delhi, for offence punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟]. The petitioner further seeks quashing of supplementary chargesheet dated 05.02.2024 filed qua the petitioner in the said case. CRL. M.C. 417/2025 2. The present FIR was registered on the complaint of Mr. G.C. Joshi, Director, Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), an autonomous organization under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture,