PARDEEP KUMAR & ORS. vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 10.11.2025 + CRL.REV.P. 22/2025 & CRL.M.A. 1899/2025 PARDEEP KUMAR & ORS. ..... Petitioners versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI ..... Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioners : Dr. Rakesh Gosain, Mr. Nitin S. Vashisth, Mr. Sanskar Aggarwal, Mr. Dev Chawala, Mr. Mayank Sharma & Mr. Sarvesh Raj, Advs. For the Respondent : Ms. Richa Dhawan, APP for the State for the State. SI Sanjeev Kumar, PS Special Cell & SI Ashok Kumar, Special Staff Rohini. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed challenging the order on charge dated 20.09.2024 (hereafter ‘impugned order on charge’), passed by the learned Trial Court in SC No. 283/19 arising out of FIR No. 42/2018 (‘FIR’), registered at Police Station Special Cell. Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR CRL.REV.P. 22/2025 Page 1 of 17 Signing Date:12.11.2025 15:17:22 2. By the impugned order on charge, the learned Trial Court framed charges for the offences under Sections 115/120B read with Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 against the petitioners and the accused Savinder. 3. The brief facts of the case are as follows: 3.1. On 19.04.2018, the FIR was registered on the basis of lawful interception of some mobile numbers, wherein some suspicious calls were intercepted. It was found that one Rajesh alias Kala, who was lodged in jail, was planning to get the main witness, namely, Vijay, in the case against him murdered. The said witness was the brother of the deceased victim in the case registered against the accused Rajesh. Allegedly, according to the calls, the accused persons were planning to kill Vijay at the behest of the accused Rajesh. In this reg