MS A vs STATE & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 28.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 16.02.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 17.02.2026 + CRL.REV.P. 1008/2024 & CRL.M.A. 23405/2024 MS A .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Nitesh Saini and Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, Advocates. versus STATE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar with Ms. Amisha Dahiya, Advocate with SI Rakhi. Mr. M. Rais Farooqui and Mr. M.Asad Beig, Advocates for R-2 to R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT Index to the Judgment FACTUAL BACKDROP ...................................................................................2 SUBMISSIONS BEFORE THE COURT .......................................................5 ANALYSIS & FINDINGS ................................................................................8 A. Duty of the Court at the stage of framing of charge and discharge ................. 8 B. Examination of material on record and surrounding circumstances ............. 10 C. Whether the alleged offences are made out against the respondents ............. 17 D. Criminal law must remain a shield for the vulnerable, not a weapon in the hands of the disenchanted. ........................................................................................... 23 E. The Decision........................................................................................................... 26 CRL.REV.P. 1008/2024 Page 1 of 26 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:17.02.2026 19:18:12 DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The petitioner – who is the complainant/prosecutrix in FIR bearing no. 698/2022, registered on 08.09.2022 at Police Station Jyoti Nagar, Delhi – has approached this Court by way of this revision petition, being aggrieved by the