* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on 01^st September, 2025

Pronounced on: 15th December, 2025

+ CRL.M.C. 495/2021, CRL.M.A. 2536/2021

AYESHA ASHFAQ KHAN

D/O Ashfaq Subhan Khan,

R/O A Wing 303, Pearl Palace,

Aqsa Masjid Road, Bandivali Village,

Jogeshwari West, Mumbai .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Mohit Mathur, Sr. Advocate with

Mr. Abhir Datt, Mr. Debayan Gangopadhyay, Mr. Vedant Singh, Ms. Varnika Singh, Mr. Suryaketu Tomar, Mr. Vaibhav Tomar and Mr. Vignesh Ramanathan, Advocates

versus

1. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) Through The Investigating Officer,

PS. North Avenue, New Delhi 2. NISHIKANT DUBEY

S/O. Radhey Shyam Dubey

18, Gurudwara Rakabganj, New Delhi .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State

Mr. Rishi Kumar Awasthi, Mr. Amit V. Awasthi, Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Ms. Ritu Arora and Mr. Abhigyat

Chaitanya, Advocates for R-2

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

J U D G M E N T

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 the Petitioner/Ayesha Ashfaq Khan for quashing of NCR No.0005/2020 dated 30.12.2020 under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (here