VINOD vs THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

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$~68 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 01.09.2025 + CRL.M.C. 6143/2025 & CRL.M.A. 26091/2025 VINOD .....Petitioner Through: Counsel for petitioner (appearance not given) with petitioner in person versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with SI Jeetendra Kumar, PS Jahangirpuri Mr. Baldev Sharan and Mr. H.S. Mehta, Advocate for R2 with respondent no. 2 in person CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioner seeks quashing of case FIR No. 260/2016 of PS Jahangirpuri for offence under Section 354/354A/354D/509/506/323 IPC on the ground that the complainant de facto (respondent no.2) has compromised the disputes with the petitioner. 2. Respondent no. 2 present with her counsel and identified by IO/SI Jitender Kumar accepts notice. Learned APP accepts notice and submits that State has no serious objection to this petition. CRL.M.C.6143/2025 Page 1 of 2 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d435 f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2eee604 02c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.09.01 17:54:53 -07'00' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:01.09.2025 18:00:10 3. I have spoken with the parties in Hindi. It appears that in the year 2016 when petitioner and respondent no. 2 were not married and were neighbours, the incident took place which led to registration of the subject FIR. It is submitted by them that now they are not residing in the same locality as both of them have got married and are settled in their respe