KAILASH KATYAL vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 03.09.2025 + CRL.REV.P. 1299/2024 KAILASH KATYAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. C.L. Gupta and Mr. Vaibhav Gupta, Advocates versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Ms. Puja Mann, Advocate, and SI Amit Kumar, P.S. Moti Nagar CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present petition, the petitioner is seeking setting aside of the order dated 27.09.2024 [hereafter „impugned order‟], passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-08, Tis Hazari Court (West), Delhi [hereafter „Sessions Court‟] vide which charges were framed for offence under Sections 308/353/332 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟] against the petitioner herein. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that on 21.06.2017, an FIR bearing no. 217/2017 came to be registered at CRL.REV.P. 1299/2024 Page 1 of 11 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:08.09.2025 16:58:37 Police Station Moti Nagar, Delhi, alleging that a car bearing no. DLICS1129, driven by the accused had been found overspeeding near Zakhira Pul, Rohtak Road at 8:20 AM, and had caused injuries to Constable Parikshit (victim), who was then on traffic duty along with ASI Bhagat Ram and Constable Ram Kishan, intercepting the overspeeding vehicles. The case of the prosecution is that the victim had received a message through wireless from an interceptor operator that the car driven by the accused was over-speeding, pursuant to which, the victim had signalled to him to stop the car, however, the accused, despite initially slowing the car down, did not comply. Instead, allegedly, the accused had told the