HARI OM vs STATE

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 13.05.2025 + CRL.A. 1223/2012 HARI OM .....Appellant Through: Ms. Pallavi Vashist, Advocate versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State. + CRL.A. 1224/2012 PAWAN KUMAR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Anurag Rawat, Mr. Sudhir Kumar, Mr. Manish Kumar and Mr. Shubham Tyagi, Advocates versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State. + CRL.A. 1246/2012 RAM DAYAL .....Appellant Through: Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Advocate versus THE STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State. CRL. A. 1223/2012 & connected matter Page 1 of 21 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:14.05.2025 14:53:49 CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present appeals, the appellants are seeking setting aside of the judgment dated 08.10.2012 [hereafter „impugned judgment‟] and order on sentence dated 10.10.2012 [hereafter „impugned order on sentence‟] , passed by the learned Special Judge, Delhi [hereafter „Trial Court‟], in case arising out of FIR No. 16/2022, registered at Police Station Anti Corruption Branch, Delhi for commission of offence under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟] read with Sections 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 [hereafter „PC Act‟] and Section 61 of Punjab Excise Act. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 2. As discernible from the records and the impugned judgment, the case of the prosecution, in brief, is that a secret information was received by ACP D.S. Sandhu of the Anti-Corruption Branch regarding gross irregularities being committed in the sale of liquor at the DSIDC Liquor Vend situated on Najafgarh Road near Natra