KHUSHI SHARMA vs UNION OF INDIA - 2025 Supreme(Online)(Del) 4729

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2025 Supreme(Online)(Del) 4729

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI, J
KHUSHI SHARMA – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Mr. Jayant K. Sud, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Ashish Upadhyay, Mr. Kartik Jasra, Mr. Shivam Jasra, Mr. Prannit Stefano, Ms. Shayal Anand, Mr. Sai Manik Sud, Mr. Sahib Kocchar, Ms. Vidhi Jasra
For the Respondents:Mr. Rohan Jaitley (CGSC), Mr. Dev Pratap Shahi, Mr. Varun Pratap Singh, Mr. Yogya Bhatia, Mr. Rahul Tyagi, ASC (Crl.), Mr. Mathew M. Philip, Mr. Sangeet Sibou, Mr. Aniket Kumar Singh, Mr. N. Hariharan, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Siddharth Yadav, Mr. Sumit Chaudhary, Mr. Anil Mittal, Mr. Shaurya Mittal, Mr. Vipin Kumar, Mr. Sunny Tomer

Table of Content
1. factual background regarding the death of harsh kumar sharma. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. petitioner’s grievance regarding lack of fir. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8)
3. arguments from delhi and u.p. police regarding fir registration. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 14 , 15)
4. statutory provisions related to cognizable offences. (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21)
5. court’s interpretation of fir registration requirements. (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25)
6. court orders police to register fir and expedite investigation. (Para 51 , 52 , 53)

JUDGMENT

ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI J.

The present petition represents a sister‟s plea for proper investigation into the death of her 20-year-old brother - Harsh Kumar Sharma - who never returned after leaving home in Delhi on the morning of 03.12.2024, only to be found dead late that night in an obscure location in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

BRIEF FACTS

2. Briefly, the unfortunate episode leading-up to the filing of the present petition has unfolded as follows:

2.1. The petitioner‟s brother left home at about 09:30 hours on 03.12.2024 driving his own car to attend college in Noida, Uttar Pradesh; and when he did not return later that day, the petitioner and her mother tried reach

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2025 Supreme(Online)(Del) 4729

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHIANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI, JKHUSHI SHARMA – AppellantVersusUNION OF INDIA – Respondent

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI, J
KHUSHI SHARMA – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent