STATE vs AMIT KUMAR

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 24th November, 2025 Pronounced on: 09th February, 2026 + CRL.A. 1640/2025 STATE Govt of NCT of Delhi Through Standing Counsel (Crl.), Delhi Police, Delhi. ....Appellant Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with Inspector Proshun, ATP/PS Ananad Vihar Railway Station. versus AMIT KUMAR S/o Sh. Inder Pal, R/o Village Jalalabad, District Ghaziabad, UP ....Respondent Through: Mr. Biswajit Kumar Patra, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. The Appeal under Section 378(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Cr.PC’), has been filed on behalf of the Appellant/State against the Judgment dated 04.10.2016 whereby the Respondent, Amit Kumar has been acquitted by the learned ASJ, Delhi, for the offence under Section 394/397/411/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’) in FIR No. 08/2014 dated 01.02.2014, Police Station Anand Vihar Railway Station. Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS Crl.A. 1640/2025 Page 1 of 11 ARORA Signing Date:10.02.2026 18:16:12 2. The brief facts are that on 31.01.2014 at about 08:00 p.m., the Complainant, Mr. Tej Singh Bhati Singh was going to old Railway Station Anand Vihar from the side of Platform No. 1, when three boys confronted him enroute and tried to snatch his bag. A physical altercation took place between them and the Complainant was pushed to the ground and beaten with a stone, resulting in the injuries on his nose, hand and head. The assailants took away his Samsung Mobile Phone, as well as the purse containing several cards, documents and Rs.9,000/- in cash. 3. The Complainant went to GRP from where he was taken to LBS Hospital in Ambulance and thereafter, shifte