SUMIT vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

Judgment text excerpt

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 14.08.2025 + CRL.A. 969/2024, CRL.M.(BAIL) 1722/2024 SUMIT .....Appellant Through: Appellant in person through V.C. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Pradeep Gahalot, APP for State with SI Akash Kumar, P.S. Bhajanpura. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. By way of the present appeal, the appellant seeks to assail the judgement of conviction dated 02.05.2024 and order on sentence dated 29.07.2024, ASJ-02 (North-East), Karkardooma Courts, Delhi in SC No. 401/2021 arising out of FIR No. 367/2021 registered under section 307 IPC at P.S. Bhajanpura. Vide the aforesaid order on sentence, the appellant was directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 5 years alongwith fine of Rs.20,000/-, in default whereof he was directed to undergo simple imprisonment for 1 year, for the offence punishable under Section 308 IPC. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CRL.A. 969/2024 Page 1 of 5 By:GAUTAM ASWAL Benefit under Section 428 Cr.P.C. was given to the appellant. 2. The prosecution's case in a nutshell is that on 08.08.2021, an emergency PCR call vide DD No. 47A was received and entrusted to ASI Om Prakash, who reached the spot and found the complainant bleeding and sent to JPC hospital from where he was referred to GTB Hospital, where she remained admitted. In her statement, the complainant stated that at about 11:00 A.M., the complainant Neha went to D-Block Market, Bhajanpura, to purchase vegetables. When she reached Gali No. 1 near Sachdeva Marriage Home, she encountered the appellant/Sumit, who was her boyfriend, but was already married to another woman. Upon a brief exchange of words, the accused allegedly took the complainant into a narrow lane, caught