$~77 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010431872026 + W.P.(CRL) 2819/2026, , SH RAVI SETIA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Anu Bagai, Ms. Aanchal Pundir and Mr. Pratham Arora, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amol Sinha, ASC with Mr. Kshitiz Garg, Mr. Ashvini Kumar, Ms. Chavi Lazarus and Mr. Ankit Kumar, Advs. for State. Insp. Kuldeep Singh, PS EOW.
CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN O R D E R % 14.09.2026 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CRL.M.A. 28268/2026 (for exemption) 2. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Application stands disposed of. CRL.M.A. 28267/2026 3. The application is allowed. Application stands disposed of.
4. Let E-TCR be summoned. W.P.(CRL) 2819/2026 & CRL.M.A. 28266/2026 5. The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 read with Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter, ‘BNSS’) seeking quashing of FIR No.793/2006 under Sections 420/467/468/471/511/120B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IPC’) registered at Police Station Malviya Nagar, datedThis is a digitally signed order.
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6. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the complainant is the uncle of the petitioner, and that the dispute is essentially civil in nature, arising out of a family/property dispute between the parties, which had already been the subject matter of a compromise decree passed by the learned Civil Judge, Pili Banga, District Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, on 12.12.1996.
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Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the police initially filed a closure report in the year 2018; however, upon the complainant filing a protest petition, the same was allowed. Thereafter, a supplementary charge-sheet came to be filed in the year 2025, i.e., after a lapse of more than seven years.
8. Issue notice.
9. Learned APP for the State accepts notice and seeks time to file the Status Report.
Let the same be filed before the next date of hearing.
10. On the petitioner taking steps, Respondent No.2 be served through all means, including electronic mode.
11. List the matter on 29.10.2026.
12. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. MADHU JAIN, J SEPTEMBER 14, 2026/JYH/ytThis is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
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