DELHI HIGH COURT
ASHA MENON
Rajan Pal Singh – Appellant
Versus
State (NCT of Delhi) – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petition for quashing fir under cr.p.c. (Para 1) |
| 2. civil dispute claims and delay in fir registration. (Para 2 , 4 , 5 , 10) |
| 3. need for preliminary inquiry in delayed complaints. (Para 3 , 12) |
| 4. details of complainant's struggles with police inaction. (Para 6 , 7 , 18) |
| 5. court's assessment of first complaint and subsequent actions. (Para 11 , 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 6. principles on second complaints regarding non-action on first. (Para 16 , 19 , 20) |
| 7. court's dismissal of petition and direction for investigative report. (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25) |
JUDGMENT
1. This petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. has been filed by the petitioners who are accused in FIR No.1220/2014, registered under Sections 420/468/471 read with 34 IPC, at Police Station Nand Nagri, Delhi, seeking quashing of the said FIR and all proceedings emanating therefrom.
2. The contention of Mr. Abhinav Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners, is that the dispute between the parties, namely, the petitioners and the complainant/respondent No.3 was fundamentally a civil dispute and as held in Paramjeet Batra Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Ors., (2013) 11 SCC 673, when a civil remedy was available, the cou
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