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Neeraj Katar & Anr. v. the Commissioner of Police & Ors.

Delhi HC8 Oct 2025W.P.(CRL)/3275/2025

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What is this about?

Delhi High Court writ petition seeking police protection; petitioners Neeraj Katar & Anr.; alleged threats, extortion and dispossession warnings by tenant respondents nos. 6 and 7; registered tenancy dated 28.03.2025; property no. 96, Block-PP, Pitampura, Delhi; plot at Pooth Khurd; safe access to legal proceedings at District Courts, Rohini; State's duty to protect all citizens; directions to State and SHO for beat officer contact details; petition disposed of on 08.10.2025; Coram: Ravinder Dudeja, J.; case W.P.(CRL) 3275/2025.

What did the court decide?

State directed to provide protection to the petitioners and ensure no harm befalls them, particularly from respondent Nos. 6 and 7; SHO to provide the beat officer's contact details. Petition and pending application(s), if any, disposed of. ¶28

Neeraj Katar & Anr. Vs the Commissioner of Police & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the State/Respondent Police Authorities must provide protection to the petitioners against threats from respondent nos. 6 and 7, covering safe residence at Pitampura, access to petitioner no.1's plot at Pooth Khurd, and safe access to legal proceedings before the District Courts, Rohini.

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Court's answer

It is the duty of the State to provide protection to all citizens, and this Court, being a Constitutional court, is expected to further the Constitutional rights of the citizens.

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Ratio / Principle

The Court directs the State to provide protection to the petitioners and ensure that no harm befalls them, particularly from respondent Nos. 6 and 7.

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Key takeaways

The SHO shall provide the contact details of the beat officer of the area where the petitioners reside, so that in case of need the petitioners may immediately contact the beat officer for assistance.ratio¶24

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ petition (W.P.(CRL) 3275/2025, decided 08.10.2025) by NEERAJ KATAR & ANR., lawful residents of the second floor of property no. 96, Block-PP, Pitampura, Delhi, seeking round-the-clock police protection amid alleged threats, extortion and forcible-dispossession warnings from respondent nos. 6 and 7, in whose favour a registered tenancy of the first floor was created on 28.03.2025. Holding that it is the duty of the State to provide protection to all citizens, the Court (Ravinder Dudeja, J.) directed the State to provide protection to the petitioners and ensure no harm befalls them, particularly from respondent Nos. 6 and 7, and directed the SHO to provide the beat officer's contact details. The petition, along with pending application(s), if any, stands disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(CRL) 3275/2025

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NEERAJ KATAR & ANR. .....Petitioners

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Through: Mr. Rajinder Pal Singh, Mr. Nikhil Panjwani, Ms. Lashika Panjwani and Mr. Sahil Goel, Advs.

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versus

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THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE & ORS. .....Respondents

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Through: Mr. Yasir Raur Ansari, ASC with Mr. Alok Sharma, Adv. SI Seema, P.S.Prashant Vihar. SI Shubham, P.S.Maurya Enclave. SI Mohit, P.S.Bawana.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA

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O R D E R

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% 08.10.2025

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This is a writ petition filed by the petitioners with the following prayers:

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“a. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction, compelling the Respondent Police Authorities to provide round-the-clock police protection to the petitioners and their family with further directions to the Respondent Police Authorities to ensure that the petitioners can safely enter and reside peacefully in their home on the second floor of property No. 96, Block-PP, Pitampura, Delhi. b. Issue a direction to the Respondent Police Authorities to ensure that petitioners Shri Neeraj Katar can safely visit, develop, and secure his plot of land at Pooth Khurd, Delhi.

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c. Issue a direction to the Respondent Police Authorities to ensure the petitioners can safely access and pursue legal proceedings before the District Courts, Rohini, without fear of assault or violence.

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/10/2025 at 17:16:07

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d. Issue a direction to the Respondent Police Authorities to conduct a thorough inquiry into the criminal antecedents of the accused persons and their accomplices to unearth the full extent of their criminal activities and modus operandi.

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e. Pass any other order or direction that this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice.”

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Learned counsel submits that petitioners are lawful residents of second floor portion of property no. 96, Block-PP, Pitampura, Delhi. A registered tenancy was created on 28.03.2025 in respect of the first floor in favour of respondent nos. 6 and 7. Soon thereafter, the tenants defaulted in payment of rent and inducted 10-12 strangers in the tenanted premises and started extorting money from the petitioners.

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It is submitted that respondent nos. 6 and 7 are extending threats to forcibly dispossess the petitioner no.1 from his plot with warnings of wiping out his family if he resisted transfer of said land. Petitioners apprehend threat to their life and their property from respondents nos. 6 and 7 and local police have failed to provide effective protection, leading to a genuine apprehension of grave danger to life, liberty and property of the petitioners.

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Learned ASC who appears for the State submits that no complaint has been received from the petitioners.

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It is the duty of the State to provide protection to all citizens and this Court being the Constitutional court is expected to further the Constitutional rights of the citizens.

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In that view of the matter, the Court directs the State to provide protection to the petitioners and ensure that no harm befalls on them, particularly from respondent Nos. 6 and 7.

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SHO shall provide the contact details of the beat officer of the area,

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/10/2025 at 17:16:07

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where the petitioners are residing, so that in case of need, petitioners may immediately contact the beat officer for any assistance.

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In view of the above, the petition along with pending application(s), if any, stands disposed of.

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RAVINDER DUDEJA, J

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OCTOBER 8, 2025/ib/ak

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/10/2025 at 17:16:07

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