$~

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 10.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 15.04.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 15.04.2026 + CRL.M.C. 2325/2026 & & CRL.M.A. 9469/2026 MEENAKSHI GAUTAM .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sahay with Mr.

Archit Rajput, Advocates.

versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Ms. Puja Mann, Advocate and with SI Chitra, P.S. Prashant Vihar. Mr. Mahesh Tiwari, Ms. Saumya Tiwari and Mr. Bishnu Prasad Tiwari, Advocates for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

JUDGMENT

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J

1. The present petition has been filed seeking setting aside of the order dated 11.03.2026 [hereafter „impugned order‟] passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate-01, Mahila Court, Rohini District Court, New Delhi [hereafter „Trial Court‟] in Criminal Case No. 12832/2025 titled ‘State vs. Sanjay Gautam’, to the extent that the petitioner was not permitted to be recalled for further examination-in-

chief and was allowed to be recalled only for the purpose of cross-

examination.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case, as put forth by the petitioner, are