STATE vs MAMTA SEHGAL & ORS

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 22nd April, 2025 % Pronounced on: 28th June, 2025 CRL.A. 534/2025 THE STATE OF DELHI Govt. of NCT of Delhi I.P. Estate, Delhi Secretariat New Delhi. ……Appellant Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for State with I.O SI chetan, P.s. Paschim Vihar West. Versus 1. MAMTA SEHGAL W/o Sh. Sameer Mehta R/o H.No.154, Janta flats, Rohini, Sec-2, Pocket-3, Delhi. 2. MUKESH PAL S/o Sh. Mohan Lal R/o H.No.77, Bhera Enclave, Paschim Nagar, Delhi. ..…Respondents Through: Mr. Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Advocate with Mr. Ashish Upadhyay, Advocate for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Appeal under Section 378(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “Cr.P.C”) has been filed by the State to challenge the Judgment dated 21.11.2019 whereby the learned M.M. has acquitted the Respondent No.1/Mamta Sehgal under Section 279/338 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “IPC”) in case FIR No.203/2016 under Section 279/338 IPC & Section 146/196 Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as “M.V. Act”) Police Station Mianwali Nagar, New Delhi but convicted