VIRENDER KUMAR AND ORS vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 25.02.2025 CRL.REV.P. 1069/2024 & CRL.M.A. 25608/2024 VIRENDER KUMAR AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Aditya Kashyap, Advocate for petitioner no. 1 Mr. Sundaram Ojha, Mr. Abhishek Ranjan and Mr. Nikhil Kumar, Advocates for petitioner no. 2 versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with SI K. L. Kuldeep no. D-6712, PS Kashmere Gate CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The present revision petition under Section 428 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [hereafter ‘BNSS’] has been preferred on behalf of the petitioners, seeking setting aside of the impugned judgment dated 21.08.2024 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-05, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Appellate Court‟] in Criminal CRL.REV.P. 1069/2024 2. The prosecution‟s case is that on 04.08.2004, Constable Mahesh Kumar (the complainant/ victim), posted in the Civil Lines Circle of the Traffic Unit, was on official duty at Pul Dafrin along with Head Constable Gajender Kumar, from 8:00 AM to 8