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Dr. Ashish Prasad v. Satender Khari & Anr.

Delhi HC14 Feb 2025CONT.CAS(C)/1643/2024

Case brief

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What is this about?

Keywords: contempt petition disposal; CONT.CAS(C) 1643/2024; PS Prashant Vihar; police failure to file status report; Magisterial Court directions; untraced report filed and accepted; Commissioner of Police apprised (16.10.2024 direction); rights and contentions reserved; no comment on merits of complaint. Useful for: outcomes of contempt actions over police non-compliance with magistrate's directions once the underlying criminal matter reaches an untraced-report stage; precedent value limited — brief oral disposal order with no statutory or precedent citations and no merits adjudication.

What did the court decide?

All rights and contentions of parties reserved; express clarification of no observation on merits of the petitioner's complaint. ¶23

Dr. Ashish Prasad Vs Satender Khari & Anr. — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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% Date of Decision: 14^th February, 2025

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- CONT.CAS(C) 1643/2024

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DR. ASHISH PRASAD

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.....Petitioner

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Through: Mr. Aditya N. Prasad and Mr. Pratyush Jain, Advocates.

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versus

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SATENDER KHARI & ANR.

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.....Respondent

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Through: Mr. Abhinav Singh and Mr. Praveen Kaushik, Advs.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral)

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A status report has been handed over during the course of hearing.

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Let it be made part of record.

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Learned counsel for respondent also undertakes to send soft copy thereof to learned counsel for petitioner through e-mail during the course of the day.

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The contempt petition has been filed for the reason that despite there being specific directions given by the concerned Magisterial Court, the police officials of the concerned police station i.e. PS Prashant Vihar did not even bother to file any status report.

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Learned counsel for petitioner, however, submits that though, initially, no reports were filed by the police Authority before the concerned Magistrate Court but later on an untraced report has been filed by them and such

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CONT.CAS(C) 1643/2024 1

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Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Da te:1 8.02.2025 11:12:20

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untraced report has even been accepted by the learned Magistrate Court. He submits that the petitioner would take further action in the matter in accordance with law.

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It is noticed that when this matter was taken up on 16.10.2024, there was even a direction to bring the entire matter to the knowledge of the Commissioner of Police and according to learned counsel for respondent, the matter has already been brought to his notice.

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Be that as it may, keeping in mind the fact that the police has already filed untraced report before the concerned Court which has even been accepted, no useful purpose would be served by keeping this contempt petition pending.

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