SANDHA GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PVT LTD vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

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$~P-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 19.02.2026 Pronounced on: 28.03.2026 Uploaded on: 28.03.2026 + CRL.M.C. 5847/2025 SANDHA GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PVT LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Harshal Arora, Advocate. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP for State. Mr. Vivek Nagar, Advocate for R2 to 4. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”] (corresponding to Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [“CrPC”]), seeking quashing of FIR No. 561/2024 dated 24.12.2024, registered at Police Station Najaf Garh, District Dwarka, New Delhi, under Sections 289/125(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [“BNS”], alongwith all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the ground that the parties have amicably settled their disputes. 2. I have heard Mr. Harshal Arora, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Hitesh Vali, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, and Mr. Vivek Nagar, learned counsel for respondent Nos. 2 to 4. Signature Not Verified Signed By:BHUPENDER Signing Date:28.03.2026 CRL.M.C. 5847/2025 Page 1 of 9 17:32 3. The impugned FIR was registered at the instance of one Marcel Tiga (since deceased), who was working as a Lineman with the petitioner – Sandha Global Information Technology Private Limited. The petitioner is a service provider to BSES Rajdhani Power Limited. The allegation, as emerging from the FIR, is that, on 16.12.2024, the deceased was cutting and pruning a tree at a grid electricity office in Najafgarh, New Delhi, when a branch of the tree broke. He caught hold of another branch, which also broke, causing him to fall to the ground. He sustained in