HARMANJEET SINGH vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 28.10.2025 Pronounced on: 07.11.2025 + CRL.M.C. 8338/2024 HARMANJEET SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aamir Chaudhary, Ms. Sakshi Yadav, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP with SI Vipin Kumar, PS- IGI Airport. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. The present petition has been filed by petitioner under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of the FIR No. 156/2024 dated 23.02.2024, registered at PS IGI Airport under section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 and all proceedings emanating therefrom. Factual Background 2. Briefly stated, the facts as per the allegations in the FIR are that on 22.02.2024, while petitioner who is a citizen of USA, was travelling from Delhi to New York by American Flight No. AA-293, CRL.M.C. 8338/2024 Page 1 of 7 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:07.11.2025 16:36:35 was found in possession of 9 ammunitions (.32”) in his check-in- baggage during baggage screening at IGI Airport and upon questioning petitioner was not in possession of any valid documents for carriage of the abovementioned ammunitions. Thereafter on complaint of Associate, Dial Security, IGI Airport, Terminal 3, New Delhi, the FIR in the present case was registered. Submissions of Petitioner 3. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a US citizen and works in US Army and had come to India to attend the marriage of his cousin at Patiala, Punjab in February, 2024. After attending the marriage the petitioner was scheduled to leave from India on 22.02.2024 along with his family, while his father had a flight for USA after 10 days. His father ask