Delhi High Court
CRL.M.C./4343/2026 of RAJENDER KUMAR & ORS. Vs STATE/NCT OF DELHI & ANR. on 29 September 2026
4343/2026 Page 1 of 2 pages $~14 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 29.09.2026 # CNR No. DLHC010251672026 + CRL.M.C. 4343/2026 RAJENDER KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Adit Singh Verma, Advocate versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents
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Date of Decision: 29.09.2026
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CRL.M.C. 4343/2026
RAJENDER KUMAR & ORS.
.....Petitioners
Through:
Mr. Adit Singh Verma, Advocate
versus
STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR.
.....Respondents
Through:
Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State with
SI Pratiksha
Mr. Ratnakar Maltiyar, Advocate for
R2
CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA
J U D G M E N T (ORAL)
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1. Petitioners seek quashing of case FIR No. 332/2019 of PS Kanjhawala for offence under Section 323/354/354B/451/506/509/34 IPC on the ground that the complainant de facto (respondent no.2) has compromised the disputes with the petitioners.
2. At the outset, learned APP for State submits that in the other petition listed today for quashing cross-FIR, the prosecutrix has already been chief GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec455 69af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570 996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.09.29 17:09:42 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:29.09.2026 17:10:34 Signature Not Verified
Page 2 of 2 pages examined and she has fully supported prosecution, so in view of law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Narender Singh and Others vs State of Punjab and Another, (2014) 6 SCC 466, the said FIR cannot be quashed.
3. So far as the present petition is concerned, there are heinous allegations against the present petitioners that they forcibly entered home of the prosecutrix (respondent no. 2), abused her, groped her breasts, disrobed her and after touching her private parts, threatened to kill her entire family.
4. In response to a specific question, learned counsel for respondent no.2 on instructions of his client present in courtroom submits that the allegations mentioned in the FIR are truthful.
5. That being so, in view of law laid down in the cases of Narender Singh (supra) and Anand Kumar @ Sanjay Lalwani vs The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors., SLP (CRL.) No. 19051/2025 decided on 31.08.2026, the subject FIR cannot be quashed.
6. Therefore, the petition is dismissed.
GIRISH KATHPALIA (JUDGE) SEPTEMBER 29, 2026/as GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec4556 9af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d155709 96b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.09.29 17:09:25 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:29.09.2026 17:10:34 Signature Not Verified