New Delhi, July 20 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the counsel for accused Kesar Negi to place judgement which allowed the partial quashing of the FIR. Kesar Negi has approached the High Court for a quashing of the offence of Section 105 BNS (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).

This petition is connected with a fire that broke out on June 3 in a hotel in Malviya Nagar, in which 23 people, including foreigners, died.

Justice Manoj Jain heard the initial submissions led by Advocate Deepak Prakash alongwith Advocate Priyamvada Singh Solanki and said, " You are seeking partial quashing, which is not permissible."

He said that the petitioner is a cook and he had no intention to kill anybody. His act can be called a negligent...