Dr. Sunil Sareen v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, 08.10.2025 (Neena Bansal Krishna, J) — CRL.M.C. 1699/2022 (Dr. Sunil Sareen, S.482 CrPC) challenging Summoning Order dt. 17.11.2021 of ACMM and Chargesheet dt. 25.01.2020 in FIR No.0328/2017 (medical negligence, P.S. Ranjit Nagar); cross Petition W.P.(CRL) 356/2024 (Pramod Kumar Choudhary, Complainant) challenging ASJ Order dt. 12.12.2023 on dismissal of Protest Petition seeking Ss.304 Part II & 419 IPC offences. Result: both Petitions permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to raise challenges before ASJ/Trial Court (additional offences at charge stage); limitation to be justified before Trial Court in light of pendency before High Court. Statutes: S.482 CrPC 1973; S.304-II/419 IPC. No precedents cited; no quantum.
What did the court decide?
Both Petitions along with pending Applications permitted to be withdrawn; liberty granted to the respective parties to raise their challenges (including invocation of additional offences at the stage of charge) before the appropriate Forum (learned ASJ/Trial Court) in accordance with law, and liberty to justify limitation before the learned Trial Court.