$~8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 3716/2025 & CRL.M.A. 33406/2025 MR. BASANT KUMAR SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Advocate. versus GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anand V. Khatri, ASC for the State with Mr. Adietya Khatri, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 09.12.2025 CRL.M.A. 33407/2025 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(CRL) 3716/2025 3. By way of the present petition, the petitioner is seeking following prayers: “...(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing Respondent Nos. l & 2 (State of NCT of Delhi I Commissioner of Police, Delhi) and Respondent Nos.3 & 4 (State of Chhattisgarh I DGP) to immediately provide adequate and effective 24*7 protection to the Petitioner and his immediate family; (ii) Direct the appropriate Respondent police authorities to register FIR(s) and institute an immediate, independent and impartial investigation into the acts of forgery, threats, false implication, defamation and criminal conspiracy referred to in 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 12/12/2025 at 14:12:56 the Petition and in the Complaints, and to prosecute the persons responsible in accordance with law; . (iii) Direct that firearm licences issued to the accused families named in the Complaint (and specifically those against whom acts of violence are alleged) be placed under immediate administrative scrutiny...” 4. Issue notice. Mr. Anand V. Khatri, the learned ASC accepts notice on behalf of the State. 5. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner states that he has not yet approached the Witness Protection Committee of the concerned learned Trial Court. 6. In these circumstances, let the present petition be treated as a representation filed on behalf of the petitioner herein for being provided with Witness Protection before the learned Principal District & Sessions Judge, South District, Delhi, who may expeditiously decide the same. 7. In view of the above, the present petition, along with pending application, stands disposed of. 8. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J DECEMBER 09, 2025/zp/gj 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 12/12/2025 at 14:12:56