$~79 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 3710/2025 & CRL.M.A. 33357/2025 HARISH CHAUDHARY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pradeep Teotia and Mr. Jayveer Singh and Ms. Harshita Bhati, Advocates. versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC (Crl.) with Ms. Sakshi Jha, Advocate for State. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA O R D E R % 12.11.2025 1. The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeks a direction to the Respondents to remove the name of the Petitioner from the roll/register of Bad Characters. 2. The Petitioner asserts that the continued retention of his name in the Bad Character Roll is unjustified and adversely affects his reputation and business interests. He submits that he is a Class-I Government contractor engaged with several departments of the Government of NCT of Delhi, and that he has not been involved in any criminal case for the past six years. He contends that, despite this, his name continues to remain on the register without any valid basis. 3. The Petitioner points out that eight FIRs had been registered against 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 14/11/2025 at 12:31:48 him in the past. Several of these have been quashed, or compounded. The details are set out below for completeness: “S. no. FIR NO. &YEAR POLICE STATION SECTIONS STATUS/OUTCOME 1. 379/2009 M.S. PARK 323/452/427/506/34 IPC Quashed by Hon’ble Delhi High Court 2. 42/2010 Maurice Nagar 186/353/34 IPC Convicted on plead of guilt & released on Probation of offenders Act 3. 53/2011 Maurice Nagar 323/341/34 IPC Compounded between the parties 4. 97/2014 Gokulpuri 308/34 IPC & 27 Arms Act Quashed by Hon’ble Delhi High Court 5. 524/2018 Gokulpuri 323/341/379/34 IPC Compounded between the parties 6. 102/2018 Gokulpuri 452/323/380/506/34 IPC Pending trial before Ld. JMFC North- East, Karkardooma Courts Delhi at the stage of Charge. 7. 274/2019 Jyoti Nagar 323/341/506/34 IPC Pending before Ld. ASJ Shahdara, Karkardooma Courts- Counterblast of FIR No. 273/2019 registered by Petitioner. On the stage of Charge. 8. 357/2013 G.T.B. Enclave 323/324/341/506/34 IPC Pending trial before Court of Ld. JMFC Shahdara, Karkardooma Cout Delhi. On the stage of Charge.” 4. It is submitted that, in view of the above, there is no subsisting material that would warrant the Petitioner’s continued classification as a Bad Character, particularly as no fresh FIR has been registered against him in six years. 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 14/11/2025 at 12:31:48 5. Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC (Crl.) for the State, submits that the Petitioner’s name was downgraded from Bundle A to Bundle B on 23rd September, 2025, pursuant to a review conducted by the DCP. He submits that the Bad Character Roll is subject to periodic review and the Petitioner’s name shall be reconsidered in the next cycle in accordance with law. 6. Considering that one review has already resulted in a downgrade and that a period of six years has elapsed since the Petitioner’s last alleged involvement, a direction is issued to the State to undertake a further review of the Petitioner’s antecedents and take appropriate action in accordance with law within a period of three weeks from today. 7. With the above direction, the petition along with pending applications stands disposed of. SANJEEV NARULA, J NOVEMBER 12, 2025 as 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 14/11/2025 at 12:31:48