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

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$~11 * 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, therefore, Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 2444/2025 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:14.05.2026 10:58:33 Chowkidar Dhanpat Dass lost his life. 3. Based on documents pertaining to the ownership of the factory, where the lift was installed, all the concerned owners were charge-sheeted with the allegation that they had not taken requisite care with respect to the lift in question and had left the same in negligent state. 4. Charges have already been framed against all the accused persons and quashing is being sought on settlement. 5. Copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has