MRS LAXMI KAUR & ORS. vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~65 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 19th February, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 1401/2026 & CRL.M.A. 5625/2026 MRS. LAXMI KAUR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Devesh Pratap Singh with Ms. Nidhi Dalal, Advocates with petitioners in person. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for the State with SI Deepak Dhanda, PS Govindpuri Mr. Aakash Bansal, Advocate for respondent No.2 with respondent No.2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners herein seek quashing of FIR No.381/2024 dated 14.07.2024, registered at P.S. Govind Puri, for commission of offences under Sections 420/467/468/471/34 IPC along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. The case is still under investigation and charge-sheet has yet not been filed. 3. Essentially, the dispute is between close family members. 4. The abovesaid FIR was registered on the basis of complaint made by Ms Kalawati, aged around 85 years. 5. In her complaint dated 14.07.2024, she claimed that she was resident of RZ-234, Gali No.18-19, Tughlakabad Extension, New Delhi. She has six sons and three daughters. In the year 2011, her husband was hospitalized Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C.1401/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:21.02.2026 12:03:00 and since she was busy taking care of her husband, her one son Sh. Jaswant Singh requested her to appoint him as her attorney to manage the abovesaid property. Believing him, she went to the office of sub-Registrar where some documentation was done on 06.09.2011, where few of her family members also signed as witnesses. 6. She, later, learnt that after the appointment of her said son as her attorney