INDRAPAL SINGH vs THE STATE AND ANOTHER

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$~85 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 08.05.2026 + CRL.M.C. 3611/2026 & CRL.M.A. 14636/2026 INDRAPAL SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amitava Poddar and Mr. Narender Singh, Advocates versus THE STATE AND ANOTHER .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for the State with ASI Devender Kumar CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The petitioner seeks quashing of case FIR No. 555/2022 of Police Station Sunlight Colony for offence under Section 336/506 IPC and Section 25/27/54/59 of the Arms Act on the basis of settlement deed dated 04.06.2025 arrived at between the petitioner and respondent no. 2. 2. Learned APP for the State assisted by IO/ASI Devender Kumar accepts notice and strongly opposes the petition in view of seriousness of the offences alleged. CRL.M.C. 3611/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6 fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - KATHPALIA 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80 cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.05.08 05:09:40 -07'00' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:08.05.2026 17:20:24 3. I have heard learned counsel for petitioner as well as learned APP for the State. 4. The impugned FIR was registered on the complaint of the present respondent no. 2 Gaurav Sharma, alleging that on 11.12.2022 at about 09:05pm, when he was going home and reached under the foot over bridge of Ashram, the builder Inder Chaudhary (the petitioner) pointed a revolver at him with the threat to kill, after which the petitioner fired in the air to terrorise the respondent no. 2 and at tha