AMIT PANDEY & ORS. vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

$~48 & 51 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 19th February, 2026 CRL.M.C. 1292/2026 AMIT PANDEY & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Mr. Shivam Gupta, Ms. Monika Saxena and Ms. Sonina Saxena, Advocates. versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with SI Urvashi. Mr. Nitesh Kumar, Ms. Rinku Parewa and Mr. Nikhil Jayant, Advocates for R-2. 51 CRL.M.C. 1413/2026 & CRL.M.A. 5655/2026 RAJENDER SINGH PAWAR @ RAJU & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Nitesh Kumar, Ms. Rinku Parewa and Mr. Nikhil Jayant, Advocates. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with SI Urvashi. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Mr. Shivam Gupta, Ms. Monika Saxena and Ms. Sonina Saxena, Advocates for R-2. 1. Both these abovesaid petitions, being connected, are taken up together. 2. In CRL.M.C. 1292/2026, petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 224/2017 dated 23.07.2017, under Sections 308/342/34 IPC, registered at P.S. Sonia Vihar. 3. As per the bare averments appearing in abovesaid FIR, the complainant i.e. Mr. Rajender @ Raju was returning home on 23.07.2017,