$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 1492/2025 DEEPAK KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Santosh Dixit, Advocate.

versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR ...Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel for the State along with SI Anuradha, PS Harsh Vihar.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

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% 06.11.2025

1. The present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, [“BNSS”] (corresponding to Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, [“CrPC”]) seeks quashing of FIR No. 945/2021 dated 21^st December, 2021, registered under Sections 354(D) and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, [“IPC”] read with Section 12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, [“POCSO Act”] and Section 66E of the Information Technology Act, 2000⁵, at P.S. Harsh Vihar, Delhi and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom.

2. Briefly stated, the case of the prosecution against the Petitioner is that a complaint was received from the Complainant/Respondent No. 2 (the victim), a college student, alleging that one Deepak, a resident of Harsh Vihar, had been harassing and blackmailing her. In her complaint, the