LAXMI JHA & ANR vs STATE & ANR

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IN THE HIGH COURTOF DELHIAT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on:17.09.2025 + CRL.M.C. 147/2007 LAXMI JHA & ANR .....Applicants versus STATE & ANR ..... Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Ms. Supriya Juneja, DSLSA & Ms. Shreya, Advs. For the Respondent : Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State. Mr. Raj Pal Singh, Rohit Kumar & Mr. Deepak Pandey, Advs. for R-2. Insp. Prabhat, PM Cell Security, SI Bharat Singh, PS Uttam Nagar. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed challenging the order dated 20.11.2006 (hereafter ‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate (‘MM’), Rohini Courts, Delhi, rejecting the cancellation report and summoning the petitioners under Sections 306/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) in FIR No. 690/2002 dated 15.09.2002 registered at Police Station Uttam Nagar. Signature Not Verified Signed By:KAMALDEEP KAUR CRL.M.C. 147/2007 Page 1 of 14 Signing Date:18.09.2025 20:47:39 2. The FIR was registered at the instance of the complainant, namely– Vijay K Jha, who is the father of the deceased. The marriage between the deceased (husband of Petitioner No. 1) and Petitioner No. 1 was solemnised on 05.06.2002. It is alleged that the deceased committed suicide on 14.09.2002, due to continuous harassment at the hands of Petitioner No. 1 and her family members. He left behind a suicide note, wherein he has named the petitioners and has written that they lodged a false complaint against him in CAW Cell and also threatened to beat him and falsely implicate him and his family members in frivolous cases with the help of Police officers and politicians who are well-acquainted with them. 3. After completion of investigation, a cancellation report was filed by the Investiga