SANDEEP K L vs UNION OF INDIA

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$~98 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 367/2025 SANDEEP K L .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mandeep Baisala and Mr. Kavesh Bidhuri, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Abhishek Saket, SPCG, Mr. Manish Madhukar, Ms. Reya Paul and Mr. Abhigyan, Advs. Mr. Rajat Rajoria Singh, GP for UOI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 15.09.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. First Information Report1 dated 17 February 2017 was registered against the petitioner and five other accused, at PS Kalamassery, District Ernakulam, alleging commission of offences under Sections 143, 147, 448, 341, 323, 324, 427 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 18602. It was alleged, in the FIR, that the accused, including the petitioner, had formed an unlawful assembly and had assaulted two persons, in which process one of the said persons, on whose complaint the FIR was registered, lost his mobile phone and wallet. A trial followed, at the conclusion of which, by judgement 1 "FIR" Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 367/2025 Digitally Signed By:AJIT Page 1 of 12 KUMAR Signing Date:16.09.2025 19:31:54 dated 13 November 2019, the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class3, Kalamassery, acquitted all the accused, including the petitioner, of the offences alleged against them. Para 6 to 10 of the judgement of the learned JMFC read thus: “6. Prosecution evidence consists of oral testimony of P.W.1 to P.W.4 and documentary evidence of Ext.P1, F.I.S. P.W.1 lodged Ext.P1 F.I.S based on which, Crime No. 364/17 was registered at Kalamassery Police Station. P.W.1, P.W.2, P.W.3 and P.W.4 are the injured in this case. They deposed that in the month of February, 2017 the incident occurred inside their Hostel at Polytechnic, Kalamassery.