STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) vs SONU SHARMA & ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: December 11, 2025 CRL.L.P. 285/2018 & CRL.M.A. 7911/2018 STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP for the State with Mr. Lalit Luthra, Adv. SI Neelu & Inspector Data Ram versus SONU SHARMA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ashish Dutt, Adv. (through VC) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition is filed under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’) seeking leave to challenge the judgment dated 23.11.2017 (hereafter ‘the impugned judgment’), in Sessions Case No. 122/2015 arising out of FIR No. 313/2013, registered at Police Station Dwarka North, whereby the learned Trial Court had acquitted Respondent Nos. 1-2,4 of the offence under Section 395 of the IPC and Respondent No. 3 of the offence under Section 412 of the IPC. 2. Briefly stated, the FIR was registered on a complaint given by one Dhani Ram who alleged that on the intervening night of 07/08.09.2013 when he was on security duty with one Sukhbir Singh and Suresh at the BSES store, Dwarka, then at about 3:00 3. During the course of the investigation, the victims