Saroj Bala Malik & Anr. v. State (N.C.T of Delhi) and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(CRL) 4038/2025, High Court of Delhi, order dated 05.12.2025, Ajay Digpaul J. Petitioners Saroj Bala Malik & Anr. sought police protection, FIR registration and transfer/supervision of investigation under Article 226/227 and S. 528 BNSS 2023 after alleged trespass into their residence on 16.11.2025 by respondent no. 5 and unknown women accomplices, assault on petitioner no. 1, vandalism, ransacking and robbery of jewellery, cash and documents during attempted forced dispossession; complaints lodged with SHO, PS Dwarka North. FIR and investigation-transfer prayers not pressed; State (ASC Sanjeev Bhandari) conceded protection; Court ordered SHO/Beat Officer numbers of PS Dwarka North to be given to petitioners for emergency contact, reserved liberty to approach Court, made no merits observations; petition and pending applications disposed of; order dasti.
What did the court decide?
Prayer (a) alone was considered: the State undertook to sensitise the SHO/Beat Officer and furnish his number to the petitioners, who may contact him upon apprehending any threat; petitioners left at liberty to approach the Court in exigency; prayers (b) (FIR registration) and (c) (transfer/supervision of investigation) were not pressed and were not considered; order dasti.