SMT SUNIL vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on : 05.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on : 16.02.2026 + CRL.REV.P. 591/2023 & CRL.M.A. 14085/2023 SMT SUNIL .....Petitioner versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. ..... Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Shailender Dahiya, Adv. along with petitioner For the Respondent : Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP for the State along with Ms. Divya Yadav, Adv. SI Inderjeet Yadav, PS Punjabi Bagh. Mr. J.P. Sengh with Mr. Deepak Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sidheesh Yadav & Mr. Prince Mishra, Advs. for R-2 & R-3. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed, inter alia, challenging the order on charge dated 06.01.2023 (hereafter ‘impugned order’), passed in SC No. 734/18 arising out of FIR No. 351/18 (‘FIR’), registered at Police Station Punjabi Bagh, whereby the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), West District, Tis Hazari Courts discharged the accused Signature Not Verified Signed By:SANJAY KUMAR Signing Date:16.02.2026 CRL.REV.P. 591/2023 Page 1 of 18 20:23:42 respondents of the offence under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). 2. The brief facts of the present case are as follows: 2.1. On 04.07.2018, the husband of the petitioner/ complainant committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his home. During search of the victim’s body, a suicide note was found in the pocket of his shirt and taken into custody. Subsequently, on 10.07.2018, the FIR was registered against Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 for the offences under Sections 306/506/34 of the IPC on the basis of the statement of the petitioner. It is the case of the prosecution that the victim used to ply his own vehicle and also run a general store at their home. Allegedly, at the