NEERAJ BHALLA & ORS. vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 12th May, 2026 CRL.M.C. 2444/2025 & CRL.M.A. 10936/2025 NEERAJ BHALLA & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Neha Gaind with Mr. Rajesh Pandey, Advocates. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State. Mr. Amit Rana and Mr. Rohit, Advocates for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner herein seeks quashing of FIR No. 0253/2019 dated 18.11.2019, registered at Police Station Mayapuri, for commission of offences under Sections 287/304A IPC, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. The incident is of 17.11.2019 when police received an information regarding death of one person in a lift, installed at C-157, Mayapuri Phase-2. The police reached the spot and found one person lying unconscious/unresponsive. His postmortem was got conducted and during investigation, his name was ascertained as Dhanpat Dass. The investigation also revealed that a lift had been installed in the abovesaid premises unauthorizedly and there was no proper upkeep of the same and, therefo