AKASH vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 09th October, 2025 Pronounced on: 05th January, 2026 + CRL.A. 785/2025, CRL.M.A. 17105/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 1212/2025 AKASH S/o Sh.Mahesh Kumar, R/o Village Biharipur PS Baghpat, Distt. Baghpat Uttar Pradesh Present Address: H.No.A-37, Gali No.4 Phase-4, Rathore Dharamshala, Shiv Vihar, Karawal Nagar, Delhi .....Appellant Through: Mr. Utsav Jain, Advocate. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI Through SHO Police Station Jyoti Nagar .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Pankaj Kumar, PS: Jyoti Nagar. + CRL.A. 487/2025 KULDEEP S/o Sh.Rajendra Kumar, R/o Village Biharipur, PS Baghpat, Distt. Baghpat Uttar Pradesh .....Appellant Through: Mr. Tarun Gautam, Adv. with Appellant in person. versus Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS CRL.A. 785/2025 & 487/2025 Page 1 of 18 ARORA Signing Date:05.01.2026 17:50:45 THE STATE GOVT NCT OF DELHI Through SHO Police Station Jyoti Nagar .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP for State with SI Pankaj Kumar, PS: Jyoti Nagar. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. CRL.M.A. 17105/2025 in CRL.A. 785/2025: Condonation of Delay 1. Appellant/Akash has filed an application under Section 5 Limitation Act, 1963 read with Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023, seeking condonation of delay of 78 days in filing the present Appeal No. 785/2025. 2. It is submitted in the Application that the period of sixty days to file the Appeal expired on 10.03.2025. The delay occurred because the Appellant/Akash’s mother had engaged a counsel immediately after the impugned judgment, who gave assurances that the Appeal had been filed and would be listed soon. However, after five months of receiving no substantial updates, the family m