Delhi Mahila Court Grants Ex-Parte Interim Residence Order to Domestic Violence Complainant
New Delhi, January 25, 2025: In the case of Anita Khanna Vs. Ashish Khanna (Ct. Case No. 97/2025), the Mahila Court of North District, Rohini, presided over by Ms. Mohini Meeha, Reliever Judge/JMFC (Mahila Court)-02, granted an ex-parte ad-interim Residence Order in favour of the complainant and her minor son, Taksh Khanna. Advocate Sudeep Yadav, appearing on behalf of the complainant, advanced detailed arguments highlighting the harassment, abuse, and attempts at dispossession allegedly meted out to his client by the respondent at the shared household situated at H-5/3, 2nd Floor (balcony room), Sector-11, Rohini, Delhi-110085. After hearing the submissions, the Court appreciated the arguments advanced by Ld. Counsel and, taking note of the complainant’s affidavit and the Domestic Incident Report (DIR) filed by the Protection Officer, held that a prima facie case of domestic violence was made out. Invoking Section 19 read with Section 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, the Court restrained the respondent from forcibly dispossessing the complainant and her child from the shared household without due process of law, till further orders.
Delhi Court Discharges Husband in Wife's Death Case, Accepts No Abetment to Suicide Made Out
New Delhi: In a significant relief to the accused, the Court of Ms. Shilpi Jain, Additional Sessions Judge-02, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, discharged Upender Singh in FIR No. 424/2022 registered at PS Wazirabad under Section 306 IPC (abetment to suicide) in connection with the death of his wife, Diksha, who succumbed to burn injuries. Advocate Sudeep Yadav, appearing for the accused, argued that the deceased’s own statement recorded on 04.05.2022, a video call recorded by her brother on 05.05.2022, and the statement of the couple’s minor daughter, all consistently showed the incident to be an accident arising out of a domestic dispute, with the accused having tried to save his wife rather than harm her. It was further argued that the deceased herself had, in her statement, denied that her husband had burnt her, and that her death occurred 18 days after the incident due to septicemia, and not directly as a result of the burn injuries. The Court, after appreciating the arguments advanced by Ld. Defence Counsel and examining the medical and evidentiary record, held that no ingredients of abetment or suicide under Section 306 IPC were made out against the accused, and accordingly discharged him of the said offence vide order dated 06.11.2024.
₹2 Crore Stock Trading Fraud: Patiala House Court Extends Interim Bail to Accused Bishnu Shrestha
The Patiala House Courts have granted a 21-day extension of interim bail to Bishnu Shrestha, accused in an ₹2 crore cyber fraud case involving a WhatsApp-based stock trading scam that allegedly cheated investors, including a complainant who lost ₹18.84 crore. Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Partap Singh Laler passed the order on the accused’s bail extension application, noting that the investigation stood complete, the chargesheet had been filed. Advocate Sudeep Yadav represented the accused, while Additional PP Mukul Kumar appeared for the State.