RAKESH KHURANA & ORS. vs STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~53 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 11th February, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 1168/2026 & CRL.M.A. 4668-4669/2026 RAKESH KHURANA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Rahul Gupta with Ms. Deepti Gupta and Ms. Sakshi, Advocates with petitioners in person. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with Insp. Surender, SI Ashish, PS Begumpur. Ms. Jaspreet Kaur, Advocate for respondent No.2 with respondent No.2 in person (through V.C.) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.396/2021 dated 16.08.2021, registered at P.S. Begum Pur. 2. Charge-sheet has been filed and charges are ascertained and all the three petitioners have been charged as under:- Petitioner Framing of charges vide order dated 11.04.2023 Petitioner No.1 Section 3(1)(w)(i) of The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (in short SC/ST Act) r/w Section 354 IPC, Section 3(1)(r)(s) of SC/ST Act, 3(2)(v)(a) of SC/ST Act r/w Section 323 IPC Petitioner No.2 Section 3(1)(r)(s) & 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act r/w Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 1168/2026 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:12.02.2026 18:06:56 506 IPC. Petitioner No.3. Section 3(1)(r)(s) of SC/ST Act, 3(2)(v)(a) of SC/ST Act r/w Section 323 IPC 3. The trial is already underway. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners, however, submits that since the complainant and the accused persons are close relatives, they have been able to settle all their disputes and, therefore, quashing is being sought on the basis of such settlement. 5. As per the contents of FIR, the complainant had leveled allegations for use of ‘casteist remarks’ by all the three petitioners and also referred about one incid