ASHOK KUMAR & ORS. vs STATE GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on : 11th December, 2025 Date of Decision: 15th December, 2025 + CRL.A. 419/2003 & CRL.M.A. 7671/2024 ASHOK KUMAR & ORS. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Kanhaiya Singhal, Mr. Prasanna, Mr. Ajay, Mr. Pulkit Jolly, Mr. Rishabh Bhardwaj, Ms. Nivedita Tiwari, Mr. Shaswat Tiwari, Ms. Avantika Shankar, Mr. Rhythm Bharadwaj, Mr. Kanav Gupta and Ms. Shatakshi Singh, Advocates for Appellant No.1 along with Appellant No.1 in person. Mr. Vikas Arora and Ms. Radhika Arora, Advocates for Appellant Nos.2 and 3 along with Appellant Nos. 2 and 3 in person. versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Mukesh Kumar, APP for State with Mr. Sunil Singh Rawat, Mr. Arsalan Naik, Mr. Naresh Kumar Dagar, Mr. Siddharth Goyal and Mr. Aashish Kumar, Advocates along with SI Sanjay Dahiya, PS-Mehrauli. Ms. Shivani Bist, Probation Officer, Department of Social Welfare. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA JUDGMENT 1. By way of the present appeal, the appellants seek to assail the judgment dated 31st May, 2003 and the order on sentence dated 3rd June, 2003, passed Signature Not Verified CRL.A. 419/2003 Page 1 of 6 Signed By:NAMITA DHYANI Signing Date:15.12.2025 15:58:07 by the learned trial Court arising out of the FIR bearing No. 78/2000 registered at Police Station - Mehrauli. 2. Vide the impugned judgment, the appellants were held guilty for committing the offence punishable under Section 149 r/w Section 147/186/332/353/323 and under Section 143 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter “IPC”) and vide the impugned order on sentence, the appellants were sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of one year each along with a fine of Rs. 5000/- each, and in default thereof, to further undergo Simple Imprison