STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI vs BAL MUKUND AND ORS. & ANR.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 09.06.2025 + CRL.L.P. 375/2022 & CRL.M.A. Nos. 13809/2022, 5311/2022 STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Petitioner versus BAL MUKUND AND ORS. .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State. SI Vikas Bhardwaj, PS MS Park. For the Respondents : Ms. Purnima Maheshwari, Adv. along with Mr. D.K. Singh, Adv. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed challenging the judgment dated 28.09.2019 (hereafter ‘impugned judgment’), passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Shahdara, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi, in the case arising out of FIR No. 42/2012, registered at Police Station M.S. Park. 2. By the impugned judgment, the learned Trial Court acquitted Signature Not Verified Signed By:DEEPANSHU Signing Date:11.06.2025 CRL.L.P. 375/2022 Page 1 of 11 18:55:30 the accused persons of all the charged offences. 3. The brief facts of the case are that on 07.03.2012, at about 9PM, the accused persons voluntarily caused hurt to the complainant and two more victims by a pointed object and a piece of brick. 4. The accused respondents were charged for the offences under Sections 324/323/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). The prosecution examined 10 witnesses, including the three injured witnesses. The complainant, who was examined as PW1, deposed that the accused persons are her neighbours and on 07.03.2012, the accused Bal Mukund and Sunil came to her residence under the influence of alcohol and started dragging her and beating her with bricks. She alleged that her brother came to the spot along with his friend after hearing her scream and tried to save her. She further alleged that the accused Anil and Sachin als