SUSHIL KUMAR ALIAS RAJU vs STATE

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on : 18 February 2025 Judgment pronounced on: 12 March 2025 + CRL.A.378/2002 SUSHIL KUMAR ALIAS RAJU ...Appellant Through: Mr. Harsh Prabhakar, Mr. Anirudh Tanwar, Mr. Dhruv Chaudhry, Mr. Adeeb Ahmad & Ms. Eshita Pallavi, Advs. versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP with Ms. Divya Yadav, Adv. with Inspector O.P. Bishnoi and SI Anil Kumar PS Najafgarh. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA JUDGEMENT DHARMESH SHARMA, J. 1. This judgment shall decide the above noted Criminal Appeal preferred by the appellant under Section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [“Cr.P.C.”] assailing the judgment dated 02.03.2002 convicting him for committing an offence under section 302 Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”] followed by the order on sentence dated 18.03.2002 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, New Delhi (hereinafter referred as the ‘trial Court’), whereby the appellant has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs. 3,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to undergo Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:PRAMOD KUMAR VATS CRL.A. 378/2002 Page 1 of 29 Signing Date:12.03.2025 16:01:04 Simple Imprisonment for a period of one month. FACTS OF THE CASE: 2. In short, the appellant was married to the victim, Anita Rani, on 07.03.1991. He was primarily charged for committing an offence under section 302 of the IPC for allegedly dousing the victim with kerosene oil, using two makeshift kerosene lamps, setting her ablaze on 05.07.1998 at approximately 5:00 PM and fleeing the site through the back/rear exit of their house no. RZ-B-80, Old Roshan Pura, Najafgarh, Delhi, as a result of which she sustained burn injurie