CONT.CAS(C) 1675/2026 1 $~50 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010433082026 + CONT.CAS(C) 1675/2026 TUSHAR PANDEY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shubham Prajapati with Ms. Eram Afrin, Mr. Pratik Yadav and Mr. Satish Kumar, Advocates. versus SI DEVENDER YADAV .....Respondent Through: Mr. S.K. Tyagi, SPC with Ms. Sadhna Sandhu, GP and Mr. A. Tyagi, Advocate. W/SI Purvi Ahlawat and SI Devender Yadav, PS Janakpuri. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN O R D E R % 14.09.2026 CM APPL. 62175/2026 (exemption) Exemption allowed subject to all just exceptions. CONT.CAS(C) 1675/2026 1. Applicant seeks initiation of contempt for deliberate and wilful disobedience of the directions passed by this Court on 01.04.2026. The relevant portion of the abovesaid order reads as under:- “7. In the meantime, the Investigating Officer (IO) is directed to ensure that the FSL Report be placed on record, prior to the next date of hearing.” 2. The abovesaid order clearly indicates that the Investigating Officer was, merely, directed to ensure that FSL report is placed on record. 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 16/09/2026 at 11:30:11 CONT.CAS(C) 1675/2026 2 3. The aspect of preparation of any such report lies with the concerned laboratory and even if there is some delay in submitting the report, it would not mean anything substantial and would not be suggestive of any deliberate and wilful disobedience of the abovesaid direction. 4. To make the things worse, learned Addl. P.P. for the State, who appears on advance notice, reveals that the FSL result was, actually, placed before the learned Trial Court on 07.09.2026. He submits that the concerned Investigating Officer had, rather, gone to the concerned Trial Court to submit report on 05.09.2026 but since the learned Presiding Officer was on leave, it could not be filed that day. Copy of such report has also been filed in the main petition which is pending consideration before this Court. 5. It is really unfortunate that the applicant, without even cross-checking the relevant facts, has ventured into filing of the present petition which, even otherwise, does not contain any substance. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant acknowledged that the he was not aware whether the FSL report has already been filed before the learned Trial Court. 7. Be that as it may, even otherwise, the contempt, in the abovesaid factual matrix, does not lie. 8. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. MANOJ JAIN, J SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 st/sa 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 16/09/2026 at 11:30:11