YOGESH KUMAR & ORS vs THE STATE (N.C.T OF DELHI)

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 1st September, 2025 Pronounced on: 16th December, 2025 Uploaded on: 16th December, 2025 + CRL.A.382/2018 YOGESH KUMAR & ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. R.N. Sharma, Mr. Salabh Bhardwaj, Mr. Rahul Sharma, Ms. Nivedita Pandas, Mr. Pranav Dixit, OmKumar, Advocates versus THE STATE (N.C.T OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP. SI Ramanuj, P.S. Nangloi. CRL.A. 413/2018 VIKAS KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. R.N. Sharma, Mr. Salabh Bhardwaj, Mr. Rahul Sharma, Ms. Nivedita Pandas, Mr. Pranav Dixit, Om Kumar, Advocates for Yogesh Kumar versus THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) ....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP. SI Ramanuj, P.S. Nangloi. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA JUDGMENT SANJEEV NARULA, J.: 1. The appellants assail their conviction and sentence under Sections 2. Since both appeals arise from the same trial, challenge the same judgment and order on sentence, proceed on a common body of evidence and raise overlapping grounds, it is appropriate to decide them together by this common judgment. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 3. The complainant, Bharti’s father, alleged that between 28 th Novemb