AJIT KUMAR GOLA vs STATE (GNCTD) ANR

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 13.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 04.04.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 04.04.2026 + CRL.M.C. 1913/2024 AJIT KUMAR GOLA .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner in person. versus STATE (GNCTD) AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Rupali Bandhopadhya, ASC for the State with Mr. Abhijeet Kumar and Ms. Amisha Gupta Advs. along with SI Priyanka. Mr Sunil Dalal, Sr. Adv. alongwith Mr. Ankit Rana, Mr. Tushar Rohmetra, Mr. Rajiv Singh, Ms. Shipra Bali, Mr. Bharat Khurana, Mr. Sarthak Malhotra and Mr. Anubhav Sharma, Advs. for R-2 to R-7. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J CRL.M.A. 17529/2024 (condonation of delay) 1. The above-captioned petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [hereafter „Cr.P.C.‟] has been filed by the Signature Not Verified CRL.M.C. 1913/2024 Page 1 of 11 Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:04.04.2026 15:09:19 petitioner seeking setting aside of the order dated 19.01.2023 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, North, Rohini Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Sessions Court‟] in Cr. Rev. No.137/2019 titled „Retd. SI Rampal Singh & Ors. vs. State & Ors.‟. By way of the said order, the learned Sessions Court had discharged the accused no. 1 in the case, and quashed the summoning order dated 23.04.2019 passed qua him. 2. However, the present application has been filed seeking condonation of delay of 412 days in filing the present petition. 3. On the issue of condonation of delay, the petitioner, who appeared and argued in person before this Court, contended that the delay in filing the present petition is neither intentional nor deliberate. It was argued that though the impugned order is dated 19.01.2023, the dela