FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM vs AMITA SINGH

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$~45 & 48 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: May 07, 2025 + CRL.M.C. 3204/2025 FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM Office F-44, Bhagat Singh Marg, Gole Market, Bharat Singh Marg, New Delhi-110001. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shadan Farasat, Senior Advocate with Mr.Sarim Naved, Mr. Saad Uzzaman, Mr Saurabh Sagar, Ms.Natasha Maheshwari, Mr.Zeeshan Ahmad, Advocates Versus DR. AMITA SINGH D/o Late Sh. Chandra Pal Singh R/o U-15/44, FF, Town Houses, DLF Phase-3, Gurgaon, Haryana-122010. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Singh Chauhan, Mr. Syed Hamza G., Mr. Udit Chauhan & Mr. Varun Vats, Advocates 48 + CRL.M.C. 3224/2025 AJOY ASHIRWAD MAHAPRASHASTA S/o B.S. Mohaprasastha R/o R-44, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg, Gole Market, New Delhi-110001. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shadan Farasat, Senior Advocate with Mr.Sarim Naved, Mr. Saad CRL.M.C. 3204/2025 Page 1 of 10 Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:14.05.2025 18:44:00 Uzzaman, Mr Saurabh Sagar, Ms.Natasha Maheshwari, Mr.Zeeshan Ahmad, Advocates Versus DR. AMITA SINGH D/o Late Sh. Chandra Pal Singh R/o U-15/44, FF, Town Houses, DLF Phase-3, Gurgaon, Haryana. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Singh Chauhan, Mr. Syed Hamza G., Mr. Udit Chauhan & Mr. Varun Vats, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. The above two Petitions have been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS”) read with Article 227 of the Constitution of India on behalf of the Petitioners seeking quashing of the Summoning Order dated 13.01.2025, passed in Criminal Complaint No. 32203/2016 dated 12.05.2016, whereby the Ld. JMFC has summoned the Petitioners under Section 499/500 Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereina