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

$~ * 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 2. Vide the impugned judgment, the appellants were held guilty for co