NARENDRA KUMAR TANEJA THROUGH SPA HIMANSHU TANEJA vs DINESH CHAUDHARY

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$~73 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 27.01.2026 + CRL.M.C. 685/2026 & CRL.M.A. 2733/2026 NARENDRA KUMAR TANEJA THROUGH SPA HIMANSHU TANEJA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pawan Kumar Sharma, Advocate versus DINESH CHAUDHARY .....Respondent Through: None CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioner seeks setting aside the impugned order dated 09.12.2024, whereby on the basis of statement of the petitioner/complainant, the complaint case filed by him was dismissed as withdrawn and the accused (respondent herein) was acquitted. 2. Firstly, the petition is hopelessly barred by laches. 3. Secondly, the complaint case was withdrawn by the petitioner himself, that too, by way of his statement separately recorded by the trial court. Even that statement of the petitioner/complainant was recorded only at his request, that too, in presence of his counsel. CRL.M.C. 685/2026 Page 1 of 2 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec4 5569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d155 70996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e2 6fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.27 17:12:57 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:27.01.2026 17:26:50 4. Now more than one year after having voluntarily withdrawn the complaint case, that too, by way of separately recorded statement in presence of his counsel, the petitioner seeks invoking the inherent powers of this Court to set aside that order. 5. To my mind, the present petition is gross abuse of process. 6. Therefore, the petition and the accompanying application are dismissed. Digitally signed