KANISHK SHARMA vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 20.03.2025 + CRL.M.C. 2104/2022 & CRL.M.A. 8894/2022 KANISHK SHARMA ....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kushal Kumar, Mr. Akash Deep Gupta, Mr.Rajan Malhotra, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State. Mr. Surbhit Nandan and Mr. Sandeep Mishra, Advocates for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR bearing no. 99/2021, registered under Sections 376/377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter ‘IPC’] at Police Station Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that the victim had approached P.S. Station Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, alleging that the petitioner herein had established physical relations with her on the false pretext of marriage, on various occasions, since May Signature Not Verified CRL.M.C. 2104/2022 Page 1 of 9 Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:22.03.2025 19:01:59 2018. It was alleged that the victim had met the petitioner on 17.10.2017 at her workplace, "Teleperformance," in Udyog Vihar, Gurugram, Haryana, where they had been working as colleagues. On 16.12.2017, the petitioner had approached the victim for a romantic relationship, which she had initially refused, but upon his repeated requests, she had agreed to befriend him on 18.12.2017. In January 2018, when the victim had started receiving marriage proposals, she had informed the petitioner, who had assured her of their future together and had persuaded her to reject all other proposals. Subsequently, on 16.02.2018, the petitioner had again proposed her for marriage, which the victim had a