$~74 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1353/2026 & CRL.M.A. 5435/2026 RAHUL VERMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pankaj Singh, Advocate.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP. SI Saris Khan, PS-Neb Sarai.

Ms. Anshika Singh Parihar, Advocate for R-2.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 18.02.2026

1. By way of this petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No. 382/2025 dated 26.09.2025 registered at Police Station Neb Sarai, Delhi, under Sections 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, [“IPC”], alongwith all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom.

2. Issue notice. Mr. Hitesh Vali, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Ms. Anshika Singh Parihar, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 2.

3. The petitioner and respondent No. 2 are present in Court and have been duly identified by their respective counsel as well as by the Investigating Officer.

4. The FIR alleges that the petitioner and respondent No. 2 initially became acquainted through a mutual friend, which led to the development of friendship between them. It is further alleged that on one occasion