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THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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CRL.M.C. 2592/2011

Date of Decision: 20.03.2012

BHAWNA KARIR

.… PETITIONER

Through:

Mr.Chander M.Maini, Advocate.

Versus

THE STATE & ANR.

…...RESPONDENT

Through:

Ms.Fizani Husain, APP for the State.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.L. MEHTA

M.L. MEHTA, J.

1.This petition is filed under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of FIR No.

370 of 1994, P.S. Tilak Marg. The present petitioner is one of the co-

accused in the aforesaid FIR and is facing trial. The case is at the stage of

consideration of charges against the accused persons. The main ground

seeking quashing of FIR is inordinate delay of 17 years in the Trial Court

proceedings.

2.The brief facts necessitating the disposal of the present petition are that the

Complainant/ Respondent No.2 was acting in T.V., Films, etc in the course

of which, she was contacted by some partners of M/s New Era Agency.

Accused Dinesh Sharma and Sandeep Singh introduced themselves to be

partners of the said firm. They lured the Complainant/ Respondent No. 2 to

give her lead roles in serials and good money. Sometime in April 1994,

after the Complainant got down