AMIT SHARMA vs STATE ( NCT OF DELHI)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on : 02.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on : 03.02.2026 CRL.REV.P. 775/2014 AMIT SHARMA .....Petitioner versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mrs. Kajal Chandra, Ms. Hatneimawi, Mr. Ananyay Bhardwaj and Mr. Suyash Swarup, Advs. For the Respondent : Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State with SI Navneet Yadav, PS Connaught Place. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed challenging the judgment dated 05.12.2014 (hereafter ‘impugned judgment’), passed in CA No. 73/14, whereby the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), Patiala House Courts, New Delhi upheld the judgment of conviction dated 21.10.2013 and reduced the sentence awarded by order on sentence dated 25.06.2014 in the case arising out of FIR No. 651/2004 (‘FIR’), registered at Police Station Connaught Place. 2. By the judgment of conviction dated 21.10.2023, the learned Trial Court convicted the petitioner for the offences under Sections 279/304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). By the order on sentence dated 25.06.2014, the learned Trial Court sentenced the petiti