STATE vs SABU

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 22.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on:20.02.2026 CRL.L.P. 286/2018 STATE .....Petitioner versus SABU ..... Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP for the State with Ms. Divya Yadav, Adv. with SI Pavan Kumar Yadav, PS Sunlight Colony. For the Respondent : Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. (DHCLSC) with Ms. Nitya Jain, Adv. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. By the present petition, the petitioner seeks leave to appeal against the judgment dated 12.02.2018 (hereafter ‘impugned judgment’), passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate (‘MM’) in the case arising out of FIR no. 497/2016 dated 21.11.2016, registered at Police Station Sunlight Colony. 2. Briefly stated, it is alleged that on 20.11.2016, the respondent was driving a truck on a public road in a rash and negligent manner. It is alleged that while driving the said truck, the respondent struck against a motorcycle from behind and caused the death of the victim, 3. The learned MM vide judgment dated 12.02.2018 acquitted the respondent for the offence under Section 279 of the IPC and convicted the responde