$~40 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 3583/2024 SATPAL DESHWAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vikas Nain, Adv. Ms. Laxmi Muneshwar, Adv. and Ms. Aakanshi Rawat, Advocates.

versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC with Mr.

Arjit Sharma and Ms. Sakshi Jha, Advocates for the State.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

O R D E R

% 12.12.2025

1. The Present Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS”) [corresponding to Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973] on behalf of the Petitioner/Satpal Deshwal seeking quashing of FIR No.0021/2022 under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 registered at Police Station I.G.I.

Airport New Delhi.

2. Briefly stated, on 13.01.2022, at around 1825 hrs, while travelling from New Delhi to Doha by Qatar Airways Flight No. QR-581, the Petitioner’s baggage was flagged during X-ray screening on suspicion of containing ammunition. Upon physical checking, five (5) live cartridges were recovered from the Petitioner’s bag.

3. Thereafter, the present FIR