STATE NCT OF DELHI vs UMESH SHARMA

Judgment text excerpt

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on:17.06.2025 + CRL.L.P. 176/2018 & CRL.M.A. 7497/2018 STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Petitioner versus UMESH SHARMA .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP for the State. SI Udai Singh, PS Saket. For the Respondent : Ms. Seema Mishra, Adv. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT CRL.M.A. 7497/2018 (condonation of delay of 127 days in filing the present leave petition) 1. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed and the delay in filing the present petition is condoned. 2. The application stands disposed of. CRL.L.P. 176/2018 3. The present petition has been filed under Section 378 of the Signature Not Verified Signed By:KAMALDEEP KAUR CRL.L.P. 176/2018 Page 1 of 9 Signing Date:17.06.2025 17:52:37 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’) seeking grant of leave to challenge the judgment dated 19.11.2016 (hereafter ‘the impugned judgment’), in Sessions Case No. 64/2015 arising out of FIR No. 933/2014, registered at Police Station Saket, whereby the learned Trial Court acquitted the accused/ respondent for the offence under Section 489C of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). 4. The brief facts are that on the intervening night of 08/09.12.2014, the police while on patrolling duty reached Som Bazar Market, Pushp Vihar, wherein they found a number of people gathered around. 5. It is alleged that on 08.12.2024 at around 10:00 p.m. one person namely Mohd. Imran had come to the shop of the complainant to purchase a piece of cloth for a suit, thereafter, he handed over a currency note of ₹1,000/- to the complainant. 6. It is further alleged that on checking the said currency note it was found to be fake. When the complainant asked Mo