SALIG RAM vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 17th April, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF: + CRL.A. 627/2011 & CRL.M.A. 38758/2025 SALIG RAM .....Appellant Through: Mr. Amit Chadha, Sr. Adv with Mr. Tarun Khanna, Mr. Harjas Singh Chhatwal, Mr. Chander Vijay Sharma, Mr. Ammar Mustafa & Ms. Annu Gupta, Advs. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV JUDGMENT (ORAL) VIMAL KUMAR YADAV, J. 1. At the outset learned Senior Counsel for the Appellant submitted that he does not want to assail the conviction and confines his arguments on the aspect of sentence only and prays that given the fact that the Appellant has crossed 70 years of age, faced the agony of a criminal trial / proceeding for about 21 years and despite the fact that he has been exonerated in the Departmental Proceedings but he would not be entitled to claim medical and pensionary benefits on account of this conviction standing against it, he may therefore, be considered for the lightest possible punishment and preferably the period already undergone in custody by him may be taken into Signature Not Verified Signed By:ASHOK CRL.A. 627/2011 Page 1 of 3 KUMAR CHOUHAN Signing Date:18.04.2026 15:58:30 consideration as the punishment. Learned Senior Counsel for the Appellant has placed reliance on the following judgments in this context: i) M/s A.K. Sarkar & CO. & Anr. vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. in SLP (Criminal) No. 6095 of 2018; and ii) STATE (G.N.C.T.) OF DELHI vs Mohit Kumar & Anr. in Crl.A No. 541/2009. 2. Learned APP, on the other hand, submitted that the offence involves financial angle, therefore, this aspect may be kept in consideration while considering the aspect of sentence apart from the fa