ANU DUGGAL vs STATE & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 15.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 27.11.2025 + W.P.(CRL) 1695/2018, CRL.M.A.14418/2024 & CRL.M.A. 9480/2025 ANU DUGGAL ..... Petitioner versus STATE & ORS ..... Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Senior Advocate alongwith Mr. Nitin Mehta, Ms. Sowjanya Shankaran, Mr. Siddharth Satija, Mr. Arpit Rawat, Mr. Chirag Singh, Ms. Anuka Bachawat, Mr. Chirag Singh, Mr. Akash Sachan and Ms. Yukta, Advocates. For the Respondents : Mr. Amol Sinha, ASC (Crl.) alongwith Mr. Kshitiz Garg, Mr. Ashvini Kumar, Mr. Manan Wadhwa and Mr. Nitish Dhawan, Advocates for the State/R-1. Insp. Gulshan Yadav, Crime Branch, Insp. Adith Lily, Insp. Ghanshyam, Insp. Kuldeep Singh and Dr. Jagjeet Singh, SSO/CFD, FSL, GNCTD, Rohini, Delhi. Ms. Anubha Bhardwaj, SPP alongwith Ms. Muskan Narang and Mr. Vijay Misra, Advocates for CBI. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:YASHRAJ W.P.(CRL) 1695/2018 Signing Date:27.11.2025 Page 1 of 85 16:13:58 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J. 1. Present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950, seeking transfer of investigation in F.I.R. No.45/2018 dated 22.02.2018 registered under Section 302, Indian Penal Code, 1860, from Delhi Police to respondent no.4/Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for conducting a fresh/de novo investigation. 2. Petitioner is the mother of Mr. Arnav Duggal, a 23 year old hotel management graduate working as Manager, ITC Grand Bharat at the time, who died under mysterious and suspicious circumstances on 13.06.2017, at Flat No.441, Shakuntalam Apartments, Sector 10, Dwarka, Delhi i.e. the residential house of Ms. Megha Tiwary, daughter