SONU vs THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS.

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$~99 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 07.05.2026 + CRL.M.C. 2001/2026 SONU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vikas Pal and Mr. Rohit Yadav, Advocates. versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP with Mr. Abhimanyu Arya, Advocate. SI Hemant and WSI Radha. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) CRL.M.A. 14427/2026 (for early hearing) 1. This is an application for early hearing of the petition. 2. For the reasons stated in the application, it is allowed, and the petition is taken on Board. 3. The application stands disposed of. CRL.M.C. 2001/2026 1. By way of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No. 269/2022, dated 30.04.2022, under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], registered at Police Station Dwarka (North), on the ground of settlement. A. FACTS 2. The impugned FIR was originally registered under Section 363 of Signature Not Verified Signed By:BHUPENDER Signing Date:07.05.2026 CRL.M.C. 2001/2026 Page 1 of 8 20:18:43 IPC, at the instance of respondent No. 2, who is the father of respondent No. 3. The allegation in the impugned FIR was that respondent No. 3, who was then aged 16 years, went missing from her home. He expressed suspicion that she had been lured away by an unidentified individual. 3. The prosecutrix thereafter returned to her house on her own. Upon recording the statement of the prosecutrix under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [“CrPC”], offences under Section 363, 376, 506 IPC and Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 [“POCSO Act”] were added. B. SUBMISSIONS OF LEARNED COUNSEL 4. Mr. Vikas Pal, learned c