CRL.M.C. 6151/2026 $~89 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010391212026 + CRL.M.C. 6151/2026 SURENDER KUMAR ARORA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Moulishree Pathak, Mr. Nishant Kumar & Mr. Mridul Shukla, Advocates. versus STATE NCT DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State. ASI Sanjay, PS CWC Nank Pura. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 21.08.2026 1. The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking directions for expeditious conclusion of proceedings, in an application filed by him before the Magistrate’s Court under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [“CrPC”]. 2. Ms. Moulishree Pathak, learned counsel for the petitioner, states that the application was filed in the year 2022, but remains pending. 3. I am informed that the Investigating Officer has submitted action taken reports dated 04.11.2022 and 14.02.2026 before the concerned Court. 4. As the said application under Section 156(3) CrPC is pending since 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 24/08/2026 at 10:37:12 CRL.M.C. 6151/2026 2022, the concerned Court is requested to take a decision as expeditiously as possible, preferably within three months from today. 5. Although Ms. Pathak submits that a separate complaint under Section 200 CrPC has also been registered at the instance of the petitioner, being Complaint Case No. 450/2022, it prima facie appears from the documents placed on record that the application under Section 156(3) CrPC is, in fact, a part of the record of FIR No. 90/2012, registered at Police Station Crime Against Women Cell, Nanak Pura, at the instance of the petitioner’s daughter-in-law. If that is so, the petitioner may request the learned Magistrate’s Court to treat the application, although filed in FIR No. 90/2012, as a separate complaint. 6. The petition stands disposed of with the aforesaid directions. 7. It is made clear that this Court has not issued notice to the proposed accused, and no rights and contentions have been considered on merits. PRATEEK JALAN, J AUGUST 21, 2026 ‘pv’/SM/ 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 24/08/2026 at 10:37:12