RANI vs DINESH KUMAR AND ORS.

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$~71 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 29th April, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 1810/2026 & CRL.M.A. 7434/2026 RANI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amol Acharya, Advocate with petitioner in person. versus DINESH KUMAR AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State with SI Pankaj Kumar, PS Bhajan Pura. Mr. Pavitra Veer Singh, Advocate for respondent Nos.1, 2 and 3 (through V.C.) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. When the present petition was taken up by this Court on 12.03.2026, the following facts, germane to the present petition, were captured. These are as under:- “1. On the basis of one complaint made by the petitioner herein, FIR No.416/2011 dated 17.09.2011, was registered at P.S. Shajan Pura, for commission of offences under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (DP Act). 2. The charges were framed by the learned Trial Court for all the abovesaid penal sections, including the one under the DP Act. 3. Learned Trial Court vide its judgment dated 20.01.2024 ordered acquittal of all accused persons of all the offences. 4. The petitioner herein i.e. the concerned complainant, feeling aggrieved by the abovesaid acquittal, filed an appeal which was registered as Criminal Appeal No.48/2024 and the learned First Appellate Court, on the basis of submissions made by the prosecution, noted that though the charge under Section 4 of DP Act was also framed, the judgment was silent on decision on the abovesaid charge Signature Not Verified CRL.M.C. 1810/2026 1 Signed By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:02.05.2026 10:00:21 and it made a request to remand back the case to the learned Trial Court and to pass an order/judgment qua charge under Section 4 of DP Act. 5. Keeping in mind the abovesa