MOHD. SHOAIB vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 28.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 03.12.2025 Judgment uploaded on: 03.12.2025 CRL.REV.P. 259/2024 & CRL.M.A. 5823/2024 MOHD. SHOAIB .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Arpit Sharma, Advocate versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Ms. Amisha Dahiya, Advocate Mr. Mutiur Rehman, Ms. Shaheen, Mr. Khalid Aziz, Mr. Mohd Danish, Ms. Mehwish Khanam, Advocates for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The petitioner-husband impugns the judgment dated 19.12.2023 [hereafter „impugned judgment‟], passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-05, East District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Sessions Court‟] in Criminal Appeal No. 91/2023, titled as ‘Mohd. Shoib v. State & Anr.’, vide which the learned 2. Brief facts of the case are that the parties were married on 19.12.2020 as per Muslim customs. According to the petitioner, respondent no. 2 is highly qualified, having completed MSc in Bioinformatics and NTT B.Ed., and was working as a school teacher in a reputed English medium school in Sambhal, Utt