RAJIV GUPTA vs STATE & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 23rd May 2025 Pronounced on: 30th June 2025 + W.P.(CRL) 3895/2018 1. RAJIV GUPTA S/o Lt. Sh. Bhagwan Dass, R/o B-2/6A, Model Town-II, Delhi-110009 .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mohit Mathur, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Shailesh Chandra Jha and Mr. Vighnesh Ramanathan, Advs. versus 1. THE STATE Govt of NCT New Delhi 2. VED PRAKASH GUPTA S/o Lt. Sh. R.S. Gupta R/o H-3/1, Model Town-III Dr. Mukherjee Nagar Delhi-110009 .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC for State with Mr. Arjit Sharma, Mr. Nikunj Bindal and Ms. Nishtha Dhall, Advs. with SI Sanjay Kumar, ISC / Crime Branch, New Delhi. Mr. Sachin Jain and Mr. Amit Kumar, Advs. for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. Signature Not Verified CRL.M.A. 23341/2023 in W.P.(CRL) 3895/2018 Page 1 of 13 Signed By:RITA SHARMA Signing Date:02.07.2025 12:28:45 CRL.M.A. 23341/2023 (seeking initiation of appropriate proceedings u/s 340 Cr.P.C.) & CRL.M.A. 15261/2025 (for adjournment) 1. Application has been filed on behalf of the Respondent No. 2/Ved Prakash Gupta for initiation of proceedings under Section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the “Cr.P.C.”) against the Petitioner, Rajiv Gupta for commission of offence punishable under Sections 199/200 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the “IPC”). 2. The brief background of the case is that Respondent No. 2/Complainant, Ved Prakash Gupta had filed a Complaint with the Police against the Petitioner, Rajiv Gupta wherein it was asserted that Rajiv Gupta, Proprietor of M/s Bhagwan Dass and Co. and M/s Roshan Oil Mills was introduced to Respondent No. 2 through common friend. Respondent No. 2, Ved Prakash Gupta m