Joy Juneja and Ors. v. State NCT of Delhi & Anr.
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Delhi High Court W.P.(CRL) 514/2026 & CRL.M.A. 4720/2026, order dated 13.02.2026, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Girish Kathpalia. Petition by Joy Juneja and others to quash FIR No. 534/2024 of PS Prashant Vihar (offences under Section 74/75/79/351(2) BNS) on the ground that the complainant de facto had compromised the disputes; Court refused to exercise inherent powers citing obnoxious sexual-abuse allegations and serious charges of sexual misconduct against petitioner no. 2 (brother-in-law of the complainant de facto); counsel's claim that the FIR was falsely lodged as part of a matrimonial dispute not examined owing to the mini-trial limitation; chargesheet filed, matter listed for consideration of charges; petition and accompanying application dismissed as withdrawn. Advocates: Prateek Goswami, Shashank Goswami, Girdhar Goswami, Priyanka, Priya Chauhan (petitioners); Abhijeet Kumar with IO/SI Seema (State NCT of Delhi); respondent no. 2 appeared in person.