AKASH vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

* 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 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 jud