ABHIJEET ADHIKARI vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 10th October, 2025 + CRL.A. 173/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 295/2025 ABHIJEET ADHIKARI .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Harsh Prabhakar, Mr. Dhruv Choudhary, Mr.Shubham and Mr. Vijit Singh, Advs. versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT DELHI ..... Respondent Through: Mr.Nawal Kishore Jha, APP Mr.B. Badrinath Adv.(DHCLSC) with Mr.Dhruv Bhardwaj, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIVEK CHAUDHARY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (Oral) CRL.M.(BAIL) 295/2025 1. The present application under Section 430 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the appellant, seeking suspension of sentence and consequent release during the pendency of his appeal. 2. The case of the prosecution is that in the intervening night of 04-05.07.2016, at about 02:00 A.M., the appellant committed the murder of his wife, Seema, by strangulating her with the aid of a chunni and after committing the said act, the appellant, with the intent to screen himself from legal punishment and destroy evidence, concealed the clothes of the deceased including the said chunni and her mobile phone, which were material evidence connecting him to the offence. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CRL.A. 173/2025 Page 1 of 5 By:PRATIBHA KUMARI Signing Date:10.10.2025 18:03:44 3. In pursuance thereof, the appellant was charged under Section 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC). Upon culmination of the trial, though he was not held guilty for offence punishable under Section 201 of the IPC, he was convicted under Section 302 of the IPC. For offence punishable under Section 302 of the IPC, the appellant was sentenced to Rigorous Imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 15,000/-. 4. Aggrieved thereof, the appellant filed the a