MANPREET SINGH @ TILLU vs THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

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$~71 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 1st April, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 2390/2026 & CRL.M.A. 9759/2026 MANPREET SINGH @ TILLU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sameer Chandra, Mr. Naveen Saxena, Mr. Shubham Parashar, Mr. Aryan Tomar and Mr. E. Zia, Advocates. versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with Insp. Raghuveer. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner herein seeks quashing of FIR No. 0508/2016 dated 31.07.2016, registered at Police Station Binda Pur, for commission of offences under Sections 451/323/506 IPC and Section 25 of Arms Act, 1959, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. As per the bare averments appearing in abovesaid FIR, respondent No.2 (complainant) was present in his office with his friends and partner when accused i.e. petitioner herein barged into his office while carrying firearms and threatened them that his pistol was fully loaded and he would kill the complainant. When the complainant attempted to defend himself, the petitioner struck him below his eyes and nose with the magazine portion of the pistol and that is how the magazine portion had allegedly come out of the main pistol and fell down. Thereafter, the petitioner left the spot while threatening them that he would come again. Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 2390/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:04.04.2026 10:59:16 3. Fact, however, remains that during investigation, there was no recovery of any fire arm from the accused i.e. petitioner. 4. It is submitted that one of the alleged eye witness-Hari Prakash Sharma had issued a cheque of Rs.4 lacs in favour of the petitioner herein