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2022 Supreme(Del) 189

ASHA MENON
Abhishek Gupta – Appellant
Versus
State Of NCT Of Delhi – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Tanmaya Mehta, Mr. Arjit Kumar Singh, Ms. Shreya Gupta, Ms. Vasu Vats, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG, with Mr. Amit Gupta, APP and Mr. Padmash Mishra and Mr. Nishant Tripathi, Advocates. with Inspector Narender Singh and SI Subhash Chandra, for the Respondent.

JUDGMENT

1. The petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. praying for the quashing of charge-sheet dated 4th December, 2021 emanating from FIR No.214/2021 dated 30th October, 2021 registered with the Crime Branch, Rohini, Sector 18, Delhi and all proceedings emanating therefrom. The FIR No.214/2021 was registered with the Crime Branch, Rohini on the basis of a complaint that was lodged with them on 19th October, 2020 by the respondent No.2 by way of an email addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Delhi.

2. Mr. Tanmay Mehta, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the entire case was a product of mala fide, falsehood and absurdity and this was a case of sheer abuse of the criminal process. It was his contention that the case was covered by the judgment of the Supreme Court in State of Haryana and Ors. Vs. Bhajan Lal 1992 Suppl. (1) SCC 335 and this Court ought to quash the charge-sheet in accordance with the guidelines incorporated in Para No. 102 of the said judgment. It was further submitted that the entire FIR and the charge-sheet dated 4th December, 2021 was so absurd and inherently improbable that it was liable to be quashed.

3. The first contention rais

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