POOJA vs MR NEERAJ & ORS.

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$~38 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 02nd February, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 423/2026 & CRL.M.A. 1678/2026 POOJA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Bharat Bhushan and Mr. Sandeep Gupta, Advocates versus MR NEERAJ & ORS. .....Respondent Through: None CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Ms. Pooja had filed a complaint and application under Section 156 (3) of Criminal Procedure Code seeking investigation with respect to act and conduct of certain public servants/police officials. 2. Her such application seeking investigation was, eventually, dismissed by the learned Magisterial Court on 18.03.2023. Such order was challenged by her by filing a Revision Petition i.e. Criminal Revision Petition no. 424/2023. 3. In her such Revision Petition, while notice had yet not been issued, petitioner herein was directed to clear the cost, as imposed upon her. However, she neither cleared the cost nor appeared before the learned Revisional Court which resulted in dismissal of her such Criminal Revision Petition on 28.02.2024. 4. Petitioner, in order to seek its restoration, initially, filed an application before the same Revisional Court. However, since Revisional Court had no power to review and restore, the present petition has been filed seeking restoration of the aforesaid Revision Petition. 5. During course of arguments, learned counsel for petitioner also submitted that even if the aforesaid petition is, eventually, restored, he would not press the Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA THAPLIYAL CRL.M.C. 423/2026 1 Signing Date:03.02.2026 17:05:12 same before the learned Revisional Court. He submits that since matter pertains to corruption, the proper remedy for the petitioner was to file application seeking investigation before Court of