STATE vs INDER SINGH & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 08thAugust, 2025 Pronounced on: 26th November, 2025 + CRL.A.1157/2025 THE STATE Govt. of NCT of Delhi Through its Standing Counsel (Crl.) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Amit Bhardwaj, P.S. Najafgarh. versus 1. INDER SINGH S/o Karam Singh R/o Lot No.1 & 2, Vinobha Enclave, Near CRPF Camp, Jharoda Kalan, Najafgarh, Delhi. 2. JAGJEET KAUR W/o Inder Singh R/o Lot No.1 & 2, Vinobha Enclave, Near CRPF Camp, Jharoda Kalan, Najafgarh, Delhi. 3. SHIVRAJ S/o Yugraj R/o 662A, Gaushala Road, Najafgarh, Delhi. 4. DR. VANDANA SINGH W/o Sh. Gyan Pratap Sisodia R/o H. No.286, Sector-6, Bahadurgarh, Haryana. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Dharam Raj Ohlan, Mr. Krishan Kant Kaushik, Mr. ParovOhlan, Mr.Ritesh and Mr. Mohit, Advocates for R-2 &R-3. CRL.A. 1157/2025 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 25 DigitallySigned By:RITA SHARMA Signing Date:27.11.2025 13:03:24 CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Criminal Appeal under Section 378(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as „Cr.P.C.‟) has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner/State challenging the Order dated 16.01.2020 learned CMM, Delhi, whereby the Respondents have been acquitted under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “IPC”) and Sections 13(4A)/15(3) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as “IMC Act”) in FIR No.804/2005 registered at P.S. Najafgarh, Delhi. 2. The case of the Prosecution is that Complainant/Satish Kumar filed a Complaint wherein he stated that on 12.08.2005, he took his pregnant wife Smt. Reeta („the deceased‟) to nearby Delhi Clinic, where she gave birth to a daughter at about 02:30 P