RAKESH SINGH vs STATE

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 14th November, 2025 Date of Decision: 18th November, 2025 + CRL.A. 742/2003 RAKESH SINGH .....Appellant Through: Mr. Haneef Mohammad, Mr. Anil Vyas, Mr. Kamal and Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Advocates alongwith Appellant in person. versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Mukesh Kumar, APP for the State alongwith Mr. Arsalan Naik, Mr. Sunil Singh Rawat, Mr. Naveen, Mr. Naresh Kumar Dagar and Mr. Siddharth Goyal, Advocates with SI Mamta, P.S. Dabri. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA JUDGMENT 1. By way of the present appeal, the appellant seeks to assail the judgment dated 30th September, 2003 and the Order-on-Sentence dated 8th October, 2003 passed by the Trial Court arising out of the FIR bearing No. 643/1997 registered at Police Station-Dabri, Delhi. 2. Vide the impugned judgment, the appellant was held guilty for committing the offence punishable under Section 307 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter “IPC”) and vide the impugned order on sentence, the appellant was sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment Signature Not Verified CRL. A. 742/2003 Page 1 of 5 Signed By:VAISHALI CHAUHAN Signing Date:18.11.2025 16:27:56 for a period of 03 years along with a fine of ₹1000/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo Simple Imprisonment for a period of 01 month. 3. The appellant was charged under Section 307/34 IPC on the allegations that on 29th September, 1997 at about 7:00 PM, near Som Bazar, Madhu Vihar, he along with co-accused Pintoo and Babloo, in furtherance of their common intention caused injuries on the person of Amit Kumar with a sharp object with such intention or knowledge that, and under such circumstances that, if by that act they would have caused death of Amit Kumar, t