STATE vs SANTOSH CHOUDHARY

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 18.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 23.02.2026 CRL.A. 308/2017 STATE .....Appellant Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Shivam. versus SANTOSH CHOUDHARY .....Respondent Through: Mr. Alok Sharma and Mr. Aditya Sharma, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. This appeal under Section 378(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Cr.P.C.) has been filed by the State in Case No. 661/2012 on the file of Metropolitan Magistrate, North East Delhi, assailing the judgment dated 14.10.2013 as per which the sole accused has been acquitted of the offences under Sections 279 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (the IPC), giving him the benefit of doubt. CRL.A. 308/2017 2. The prosecution case is that on 16.02.2002, at about 07:45 A.M., at T-point, GT Road, Delhi, the accused drove bus bearing registration no. DL-1PA-7989 in a rash and negligent manner so as to endanger human life. The accused lost control of his vehicle and knocked down Shameem, the mother of PW3 and PW4 and fled from the spot. Shameem thereafter succumbed to injuries on the same date