M/S WHITEFIELDS OVERSEAS LTD. & ORS. vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on 25.09.2025 % Judgment delivered on:24.11.2025 + W.P.(CRL) 2125/2022, CRL.M.A. 18324/2022 & CRL.M.A. 12883/2023 M/S WHITEFIELDS OVERSEAS LTD. & ORS. .....Petitioners versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the petitioners : Mr. Anoop Prakash Awasthi, Mr. Shubham Dubey & Ms. Shruti Vaibhav, Advs. For the Respondents : Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC for the State with Mr. Arjit Sharma & Ms. Sakshi Jha, Advs. SI Sandeep Singh, PS- Lahori Gate Mr. Pranaya Goel (through VC), Mr. Dharav Shah, Mr. Suyash Goverdhan & Mr. Naman Agarwal, Advs. for R2 CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Signature Not Verified Signed By:SANJAY KUMAR W.P.(CRL) 2125/2022 Page 1 of 16 Signing Date:24.11.2025 21:46:11 Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’) challenging the order dated 19.07.2022 (hereafter ‘impugned order’), passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in CR No. 110/2022. 2. By the impugned order, the learned ASJ dismissed the revision petition filed by the petitioners against the summoning order dated 09.12.2021 (hereafter ‘impugned summoning order’), in Case No. 1551/2021, whereby the petitioners were summoned for the offences under Sections 420/468/471/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). The petitioners are seeking setting aside of the said summoning order as well. 3. The brief facts of the case are as follows: 3.1. A complaint was filed by Respondent No.2 company against the petitioners under Section 200 of the CrPC. It is the case of the complainant company that it has been supplying rice to