UDAIVEER SINGH vs GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

Judgment text excerpt

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 21.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 27.01.2026 + CRL.A. 448/2016 UDAIVEER SINGH .....Appellant Through: Mr. F.K. Jha, Mr. Gaurav Jha, Ms. Shalini Jha and Mr. Aaryamaan Singh, Advocates versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Pradeep Gahalot, APP for State with Inspector O.P. Vishnoi CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. This appeal under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (the CrPC) has been filed by the sole accused in Sessions Case No. 06/2014 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge-02, South-West, Dwarka Courts, Delhi challenging the judgment dated 12.04.2016 and the order on sentence dated 19.04.2016 as per which the appellant has been convicted for the Signature Not Verified CRL.A. 448/2016 Page 1 of 16 Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:27.01.2026 13:49:17 offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (the SC & ST Act). 2. The prosecution case, as revealed from the charge- sheet/final report is that the accused, a senior officer of PW2, belonging to an upper caste, repeatedly abused the latter by making caste based derogatory remarks with the intent to humiliate him within public view. During the said time, PW2 was working in the Malaria and Dengue Department, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and was posted in Ward number 134 in Najafgarh Zone, South West Delhi. Hence, the accused was alleged to have committed the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the SC & ST Act. 3. Based on Ext. PW2/A complaint of PW2, dated 22.10.2013, given to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, an enquiry was conducted and thereafter, as per or