SH AJAY NEGI vs THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 04.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 06.02.2026 CRL.A. 860/2017 SH. AJAY SINGH NEGI ......Appellant Through: Mr. A.K. Choudhary, Ms. Nikita Paik and Ms. Deepika, Advocates. versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Pradeep Gahlot, APP for the State CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In this appeal filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (the Cr.P.C.), the sole accused in SC No. 6646/2016 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge-02, South District, Saket Courts, New Delhi, assails the judgment dated 26.07.2017 and the order on sentence dated 10.08.2017 as per which he has been convicted and sentenced for the offence punishable under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (the IPC). CRL.A. 860/2017 2. The prosecution case is that on 10.03.2015, at about 8:30 PM, in front of House No. 98, DDA Flats, South Enclave, Dakshinpuri, New Delhi, the accused fired at PW1 with a country- made pistol causing an injury. The accused did not have a license to own a fire arm. Hence, as per the charge-sheet/final report, the a