KHALIL SARVAR vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 22.09.2025 + CRL.M.C. 2300/2020 KHALIL SARVAR .....Petitioner versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajat Aneja, Mr. Saubhagya Chauriha and Mr. Aditya Sharma, Advs. For the Respondents : Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for the State for the State with Insp. Sandeep Kumar, PS Madhu Vihar, Delhi. Mr. Binay Kumar, Ms. Anshu Priyanka, Mr. Aaditya, Ms. Shweta Kumari, Ms. Pallavi Tiwari and Ms. Shikha, Advs. for R- 2/Prosecutrix. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed seeking quashing of FIR No. 190/2019 (‘FIR’) dated 05.09.2019, registered at Police Station Madhu Vihar, for the offences under Sections 376/506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). 2. The brief facts of the case are as follows: Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR CRL.M.C. 2300/2020 Page 1 of 18 Signing Date:24.09.2025 18:41:56 2.1. On 05.09.2019, the FIR was registered on the basis of the statement of the prosecutrix stating the she is a Director of Holiday Connection Pvt. Ltd. Company and the petitioner, who is an acquaintance of her husband, used to frequent the office of the prosecutrix as well. In June, 2019, the petitioner allegedly put his hand on the hand of the prosecutrix in her office and told her that they should go for a stroll. The prosecutrix allegedly told the petitioner that she was not expecting this from him, on which, he apologized and told her that he will not repeat the mistake. The prosecutrix communicated about the incident to her husband, but he told her that the petitioner must have touched her hand by mistake and the matter is over as the petitioner has tendered an apology. It is alleged that pursuant