Ajay Khurana And ANR. v. The State (Govt. Of NCT Of Delhi) And ANR

$~14 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 1586/2023 & CRL.M.A. 14816/2023 AJAY KHURANA AND ANR.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Jatan Singh, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rawin Rao, Mr. Akshit Sawal, Mr. Ayan Sharma, Ms.

Yashasvi Chaur Bansal and Mr.

Jannat Garg, Advocates.

versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR .....Respondents Through:

Mr. Amol Sinha, ASC for the State.

SI Pritosh Rathee, EOW.

Mr. Anil Gosain and Mr. Sandeep Malik, Advocates for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

% 09.09.2025 1.

After making some submissions, Mr. Jatan Singh, Senior Counsel for Petitioners, states that since the matter is presently under investigation, he would like to withdraw the present petition with liberty to take recourse to appropriate remedies, subject to the outcome of the investigation. He, however, submits that since the investigation has been pending for the last three and a half years, a direction should be given to expedite the conclusion of investigation and filing of a final report. 2.

SI Pritosh Rathee, EOW states that the final report is pending because 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 15/09/2025 at 12:26:27

the voice recordings relied upon by the Complainant, which are being denied by Petitioner, have been sent for forensic analysis and the results whereof are awaited.

3.

In light of the above, following directions are issued: 3.1 Leave and liberty, as prayed for, are granted. 3.2 The concerned DCP is directed to immediately expedite the FSL report by directly corresponding with the laboratory. 3.3 On the receipt of the FSL report, the IO shall proceed to file the final report under Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, without any further delay.

3.4 The Court expects that investigation shall be concluded within four months from today.

4.

With the above directions, reserving all rights and contentions of the parties, the present petition is dismissed as withdrawn. SANJEEV NARULA, J SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 d.negi 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 15/09/2025 at 12:26:27