YASH DEV SINGH SEJWAL vs STATE & ORS.

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$~25 & 26 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 20th March, 2025 25 + CRL.M.C. 886/2020 & CRL.M.A. 34305/2023 YASH DEV SINGH SEJWAL .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Richa Kapoor, Mr. Kunal Anand, Ms. Atika Singh, Mr. Harsh Gautam and Ms. Udipti Chopra, Advocates along with petitioner in person. versus STATE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for the State with Insp. Satish Kumar and SI Uday, PS DIU/North Dist. Mr. Raj Kumar, Advocate for R-2. 26 + CRL.M.C. 910/2020 & CRL.M.A. 1982/2021, CRL.M.A. 34287/2023 YASH DEV SINGH SEJWAL .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Richa Kapoor, Mr. Kunal Anand, Ms. Atika Singh, Mr. Harsh Gautam and Ms. Udipti Chopra, Advocates along with petitioner in person. versus STATE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for the State with Insp. Satish Kumar and SI Signature Not Verified Uday, PS DIU/North Dist. Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR CRL.M.C. 886/2020 & CRL.M.C. 910/2020 Page 1 of 12 Signing Date:25.03.2025 18:48:36 Ms. Monika Arora, CGSC with Mr. Subrodeep Saha and Mr. Prabhat Kumar, Advocates for UOI. Mr. Raj Kumar, Advocate for R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) CRL.M.C. 886/2020 1. The present petition is filed challenging the order dated 26.06.2018 (hereafter ‘the impugned order’) passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate (‘MM’), Mahila Court, Central, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, pursuant to which Respondent No.2 was discharged in complaint case being CC No. 14/3/2009. 2. The complaint was filed by the petitioner under Sections 417/494/495 read with Section 120 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’), alleging that Respondent No.2 misrepresented her marital status at the time of marriage. 3. It is alleged that the petitioner married Respondent No.2 based on a fa