HARMANDEEP SINGH & ORS. vs THE STATE OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~48 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 01.09.2025 + CRL.M.C. 6033/2025 HARMANDEEP SINGH & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ankur Sharma, Advocate with petitioners no.1, 3 & 4 versus THE STATE OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State with SI Deepak Kumar, PS Govindpuri. Respondent No.2 in person. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.147/2024 of PS Lajpat Nagar for offence under Section 288/338/34 IPC on the ground that complainant de facto/injured (respondent no.2) has compromised the disputes with the petitioners. 2. It appears that respondent no.2 was working as a daily wager in construction of a house owned by the present petitioners no.1-3. The respondent no.2 was engaged by the contractor petitioner no.4. While working, respondent no.2 fell from 4th floor and sustained injuries, so the subject FIR was registered. Since the settlement arrived at between the petitioners and respondent no.2 was completely silent about the compensation aspect, on last date I spoke with the parties present in court and they informed that the petitioners had paid Rs.75,000/- to respondent no.2, who had spent the entire amount on his medical treatment and food as CRL.M.C.6033/2025 Page 1 of 2 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626c acca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, KATHPALIA serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487 965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Signature Not Verified Date: 2025.09.01 17:46:21 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:01.09.2025 17:54:10 he could not work for about 0