SANJEEVAN MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE vs STATE & ANR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on :12.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on :19.01.2026 + CRL.M.C. 2358/2010 & CRL.M.A. 10046/2011 SANJEEVAN MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE.....Petitioner versus STATE & ANR .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Applicant : Mr. Gaurave Bhargava, Adv. For the Respondent : Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for the State Mr. S.D. Singh, Mr. K. Prasad, Ms. Shweta Sinha & Mr. Siddharth Singh, Advs. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present Application bearing CRL.M.A. No. 10046/2011 has been filed by the Applicants (who are Respondent Nos. 2/ Dr. D.K. Satsangi and Respondent No. 3/Mrs. Poonam Satsangi in Crl. M.C. 2358/2010 i.e. the original complainants) seeking recall/review of the impugned judgment dated 11.02.2011 passed by this Court in Crl. M.C. 2358/2010. 2. Vide the impugned Judgment dated 11.02.2011, this Court, in exercise of its inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘Cr.P.C.’), had allowed the Crl. M.C. Signature Not Verified Signed By:SANJAY KUMAR CRL.M.C. 2358/2010 Page 1 of 19 Signing Date:19.01.2026 19:12:16 2358/2010 filed by the Non-Applicants/Petitioners and quashed the criminal complaint instituted by the Applicants/Respondents, alleging that their son/Rahul Satsangi had died due to medical negligence while being treated at Petitioner No. 1/Sanjeevan Medical Research Centre, Darya Ganj. 3. Succinctly stated, a complaint was preferred by the Applicants/Complainants under section 156(3) of the CrPC. After taking cognizance, considering that the allegations pertained to death of their Son/Rahul Satsangi allegedly caused by medical negligence of the accused doctors working with Petitioner No. 1 and due to administration of antibiotics namely