GANGADHARAN.C vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 09th December, 2025 Pronounced on: 09th February, 2026 + CRL.A. 1688/2025 GANGADHARAN.C .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner in person versus 1. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) 2. SH. PANKAJ MEHROTRA S/o Late Sh. KK Mehrotra R/o B-304 Navin CGHS, Sector-5, Plot No 13, Dwarka, New Delhi-110075 .....Respondents Through: Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for the State Ms. Sunanda Nimisha, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “Cr.P.C.”) has been filed against the judgment dated 05.07.2018 whereby the learned MM dismissed the Complaint under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “IPC”) filed by the Petitioner/Gangadharan C. against Accused persons, i.e. Accused No. 1/Sh. Pankaj Mehrotra, the President, Accused No. 2/Sh. S. Chandrasekhar, the Secretary, and Accused No. 3/Sh. HS Bhandari and 4/Smt. Anjana Bhandari are the members of the Society, Accused No. 5/Sh. Swaminathan is the Advisor to the President of the Management Committee, Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS CRL.A.1688 /2025 Page 1 of 11 ARORA Signing Date:10.02.2026 18:16:12 Accused Nos. 6 to 10 (Sh. M Arshad Khan, Smt. Shanti Bhardwaj, Sh. CM Bhardwaj, Smt. Surender Kaur, Inderjeet Singh, respectively) who were the members of the Management Committee. 2. The Complainant/Petitioner had filed a Complaint under Section 500 IPC wherein he narrated that he is a member of a Society, i.e. Naveen Cooperative Group Housing Society Limited, in which he resides with his wife and family. He had been allotted a car parking in the Society in a lottery on 03.05.2009, in regard to which there was a dispute,