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Soni and Anr. Vs State NCT of Delhi and Ors. — Service and Employment | Delhi HC (2024)

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Soni and Anr. v. State NCT of Delhi and Ors.

Delhi HC1 Jul 2024W.P.(CRL)/1428/2024

Case brief

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What is this about?

The High Court allowed a preponement application and disposed of a Criminal Writ Petition seeking police protection. The petitioner withdrew the petition with liberty to approach the appropriate forum, and the court permitted the withdrawal.

What did the court decide?

Preponement application allowed; Writ petition permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to approach the appropriate forum.

What the court decided

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Outcome

Preponement application allowed; Writ petition permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to approach the appropriate forum.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petition for police protection should be disposed of upon withdrawal in favor of the appropriate forum. +1 more

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Petitioner filed a criminal writ petition for police protection under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The respondent State had no objection to preponing the matter. The petitioner's counsel submitted that the witness had approached the Witness Protection Committee and sought permission to withdraw the petition with liberty to approach the appropriate forum. Accordingly, the preponement application was allowed, and the writ petition was withdrawn and disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

% Date of decision:01st July, 2024 + W.P.(CRL) 1428/2024

SONI AND ANR

..... Petitioner

Through : Mr. Pranay Abhishek, Mr. Rahul Sharma and Mr. Deepak Sharma, Advocates. versus

STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ORS

..... Respondents

Through : Mr. Anand V. Khatri, ASC for State with Insp. Chetan Singh Meena, P.S. Khayala.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

J U D G M E N T (oral)

CRL.M.A. 15534/2024 (under Section 482 Cr.P.C on behalf of the

petitioners for Preponment/Early Hearing of the W.P.CRL.1428/2024)

An application has been filed on behalf of the petitioners for preponement of the present matter.

Learned APP for State submits that he has no objection if the matter is preponed.

The application is accordingly allowed and the matter is preponed.

W.P.(CRL) 1428/2024

A Criminal Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of

W.P.(CRL) 1428/2024 Page 1 of 2

Signature Not Verified

DigitallySigned By:SAHIL SHARMA Signing Date: 01.0 7.2024 20:36:01

India has been filed on behalf of the petitioner for directing the respondents to provide police protection to petitioner No.1 and 2.

The learned counsel for the petitioner on being asked if he had approached the Witness Protection Committee headed by the Principle District & Sessions Judge of the concerned District, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be permitted to withdraw the present petition with liberty to approach the right Forum.

In view of the submissions made, the petition is permitted to be withdrawn to approach the appropriate Forum.

The petition is accordingly disposed of.

(NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA) JUDGE

JULY 01, 2024

va

Signature Not Verified

W.P.(CRL) 1428/2024 Page 2 of 2

DigitallySigned By:SAHIL SHARMA Signing Date: 01.0 7.2024 20:36:01

Issues for consideration

2 issues framed by the court

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1.
Whether the petition for police protection should be disposed of upon withdrawal in favor of the appropriate forum.
2.
Whether the preponement application filed by the petitioners should be allowed.

Parties & counsel

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petitioner
Soni and Anr
respondent
State NCT of Delhi and Ors

Coram

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Neena Bansal Krishna

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Delhi HC
Decided on: 1 Jul 2024 · July
Registered: 6 May 2024
Case no.: W.P.(CRL)/1428/2024
CNR: DLHC010260332024
Topic: Service and Employment
Bench: Swarana Kanta Sharma
Case type: Writ Petition (Criminal)

A constitutional writ petition in a criminal context, most commonly habeas corpus or a challenge to an FIR or detention order.

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Cite this judgement

Soni and Anr. v. State NCT of Delhi and Ors., W.P.(CRL)/1428/2024 (DEL), decided on 1 July 2024.

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