PAWAN KUMAR GUPTA vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 07th January, 2026 CRL.A. 674/2024 PAWAN KUMAR GUPTA .....Appellant Through: Ms. Inderjeet Sidhu, Advocate with DHCLSC, Mr. Lalit Choudhary, Ms. Sanskriti Mishra, Advocates. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP with Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel. Insp. Amit Kumar, PS- Sadarpur. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. (ORAL) CRL.M. (BAIL) 1265/2024 in CRL.A. 674/2024 1. The present application has been filed under Section 430 and Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”], seeking suspension of sentence and release of the appellant on bail during the pendency of the appeal. 2. The captioned appeal has been preferred by the appellant, seeking setting aside of Judgment of Conviction dated 20.03.2024 and Order on Sentence dated 23.04.2024, passed by the learned Trial Court in Sessions Case No. 326/2017 in FIR No. 94/2017, registered 3. It is the case of the prosecution that about one month before the incident, the appellant, who was the tenant of the complainant, that is, the father of the victim, had a quarrel with