State of GNCT of Delhi vs Praveen Kumar @ Prashant

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2024 Supreme(SC) 511

M. M. SUNDRESH, S. V. N. BHATTI
State of GNCT of Delhi – Appellant
Versus
Praveen Kumar @ Prashant – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For Appellant(s) : Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amir Singh Pasrich, Adv. Mr. Shiv Chopra, Adv. 3 Mr. Ansh Singh Luthra, Adv. Ms. Mohana Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Karan Bahmani, Adv. Ms. Vanya Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Singhal, Adv. Mr. Ayush Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Aadya Khanna, Adv. Mr. Harmanpreet Singh Arora, Adv. Ms. Meera Mathur, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Dhananjay Kataria, Adv. Mr. Kapil Modi, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gautam, Adv. Mr. Rohit Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Dutta, Adv. Mr. Yogendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Kapil Modi, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gautam, Adv. Mr. Rohit Shukla, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR Mrs. Aishwariya Bahti, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mrs. Aakansha Kaul, Adv. Mr. Adit Khorana, Adv. Mrs. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Caveator-in-person, AOR

JUDGMENT :

S.V.N. BHATTI, J.

1. The instant Criminal Appeal has been tagged and taken up for hearing along with Criminal Appeal No. 348 of 2021 for the circumstances examined in both the Appeals are same. But for convenience, separate judgments are delivered.

2. On 29.04.2018, the respondent lodged a complaint before the Station House Office, P.S. Fatehpur Beri, New Delhi (for short, “the SHO”). The complaint dated 29.04.2018 narrates alleged offences under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short, “the Act of 1989”) against Preeti Agarwalla, Anush Agarwalla, Shikha Mundkur, Amir Pasrich, Shivani Pasrich and Ameera Pasrich (Appellant Nos. 1 to 6, respectively, in Criminal Appeal No. 348 of 2021). On 09.05.2018, the respondent filed an application under section 156(3), read with section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “the CrPC”), before the Ld. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, South Saket Court, to direct registration of an FIR on the complaint dated 29.04.2018.

2.1 The Respondent, on 25.05.2018, filed a Criminal Miscellaneous Application under sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Act of 1989 before the Special Court of Shri

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2024 Supreme(SC) 511

M. M. SUNDRESH, S. V. N. BHATTIState of GNCT of Delhi – AppellantVersusPraveen Kumar @ Prashant – Respondent

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M. M. SUNDRESH, S. V. N. BHATTI
State of GNCT of Delhi – Appellant
Versus
Praveen Kumar @ Prashant – Respondent