SMT. SARITA BATRA vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

$~7 & 8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 7th February, 2026 W.P.(CRL) 1638/2023 & CRL.M.A. 15263/2023 & CRL.M.A. 23803/2023 SMT. SARITA BATRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjeev Mahajan and Ms. Simran, Rao, Advocates along with petitioner- in-person versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amol Sinha (ASC) with Mr. Manan Wadhwa, Kshitiz Garg and Mr. Ashvini Kumar, Advocates for State Mr. Bhupender Singh and Mr. Shubham Sagar, Advocates for R-2/ Complainant SI Nitesh Singh, PS Mukherjee Nagar W.P.(CRL) 1346/2024 & CRL.M.A. 13215/2024 MOHINDER KUMAR CHADHA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rama Nath Jha, Mr. Yogyank Mishra and Mr. Abhishek Raj, Advocates versus GOVT OF NCT DELHI THROUGH SHO & ANR. ....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC (Criminal) along with Mr. Arjit Sharma and Ms. Sakshi Jha, Advocates for State Mr. Bhupender Singh and Mr. Shubham Sagar, Advocates for R-2/ Complainant SI Nitesh Singh, PS Mukherjee Nagar CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Both the aforesaid petitions are connected. 2. Mr. Ram Prakash Chaudhary (respondent no. 2 in both the petitions) was, at the relevant