JUDGMENT

NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J.

1. Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “ Cr.P.C .”) has been filed on behalf of Petitioner, Smt. Nilanjana Bhowmick, for quashing of Criminal Complaint No. 33305/2016, for the offence under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “ IPC ”), along with Summoning Orders dated 11.11.2014 and 29.10.2018 of the Court of the Ld. Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi.

2. The Complainant/Respondent, Sh. Ravi Nair, stated that he is a person working in the field of human rights, running an organization under the name and banner of South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC), and is regularly invited to deliver lectures and speak at various national and international platforms.

3. He is the recipient of the M.A. Thomas National Human Rights Award (1997) and was honoured as the Ida Beam Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Iowa in October 2000. The Complainant has also delivered a lecture at Harvard Law School in November 2005.

4. Further, he has served as an International Consultant to the Technical Advisory Services Programme of the Office of the Unite