CRL.M.C. 5843/2026 $~102 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010368262026 + CRL.M.C. 5843/2026, CRL.M.A. 24378-80/2026 GAYASUDDIN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vikram Hegde, Mr. Ajaz Ahmad and Md. Ameer Hamza, Advocates. versus THE STATE NCT DELHI AND ANR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP. WSI Vandna and SI Vikender. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 11.08.2026 1. By way of the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No. 167/2025, registered at P.S. Jamia Nagar under Sections 69, 123, 89, 79, 351 and 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. 2. After some arguments, Mr. Vikram Hegde, learned counsel for the petitioner, seeks permission to withdraw the present petition, without prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner before the learned Trial Court. 3. Mr. Hegde, however, seeks expedition of the proceedings before the learned Trial Court, submitting that, according to him, only the 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 13/08/2026 at 11:09:18 CRL.M.C. 5843/2026 prosecutrix has been examined and that she has not supported the prosecution’s case. He states that 20 other witnesses are yet to be examined. Insofar as this aspect is concerned, the petitioner is at liberty to seek expedition of the proceedings before the learned Trial Court. The learned Trial Court is requested to consider such request in accordance with its Board and the age of the matters pending before it. 4. Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, submits that the prosecution shall cooperate in the said process. 5. The petition, alongwith pending applications, is dismissed as withdrawn, in terms of the above submission. 6. It is clarified that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case or on any application that may be filed by the petitioner hereafter, which shall be considered by the appropriate Court on its own merits, in accordance with law. PRATEEK JALAN, J AUGUST 11, 2026 SS/SD/ 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 13/08/2026 at 11:09:18