STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) vs HAMID

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 05.12.2025 Judgment delivered on: 12.12.2025. CRL.A. 80/2017 STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Appellant versus HAMID .....Respondent Memo of Appearance For the Appellant: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP for the State with SI Raghuraj Bhati, P.S. Sangam Vihar For the Respondent: Mr. Pawan Kumar Mittal and Ms. Chatiyna Jain, Advocates along with respondent in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIVEK CHAUDHARY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN JUDGMENT 1. State takes exception to order dated 21.04.2016 whereby respondent/accused has been acquitted of charge under Section 306 IPC1. 2. Let us take note of the relevant facts. 3. On 30.10.2010, Smt. Baby @ Nazrin (wife of accused) was brought to AIIMS2 in a gasping state by her relatives, with the alleged history of „attempted hanging’. 4. Smt. Jaitoon (mother of. Baby) (PW2) made statement before the 1 Indian Penal Code, 1860 2 All India Institute of Medical Sciences 5. Smt. Baby @ Nazrin, eventually, died a month later i.e. on 30.11.2010. 6. Throughout her hospitalization in AIIMS, she remained unconscious and, therefore, her statement could not be recorded. 7. Based on the s