SIRAJUDDIN vs STATE DELHI ADMN. DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 24.04.2026 Pronounced on: 18.06.2026 + CRL.A. 515/2002 SIRAJUDDIN .....Appellant Through: Mr.Ranbir Singh Kundu, Mr.Shitanshu Saklani, Mr.Dhruv Malik, Mr.Abhinav Sharma, Ms.Anjali and Ms.Shivani, Advs. along with appellant in person versus STATE DELHI ADMN. DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr.Aman Usman, APP with Mr.Manvendra Yadav, Adv. Insp. Manesh, PS-Krishana Nagar. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant Sirajuddin against the judgement of conviction dated 19th April 2002 [“impugned judgement”] and the order on sentence dated 24th April 2002 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, New Delhi in SC No. 33/1999, arising out of case FIR No. 446/1998 registered at Signature Not Verified Signed By:VAISHALICRL.A. 515/2002 Page 1 of 38 PRUTHI Signing Date:18.06.2026 16:24 Police Station Krishna Nagar, under Sections 302/304-B/498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”]. FACTUAL BACKGROUND: 2. The prosecution case, as per charge sheet, is that on 26th September 1998, at about 10.15 pm, an unknown person telephonically informed at PS Krishna Nagar that a woman has been set ablaze by pouring kerosene oil on her at F-10, Jagat Puri. The information was recorded vide DD No. 35-A (Ex. PW-12/A). On receipt of Ex. PW-12/A, SI Dharmender (PW-18/23) along with Constable Nanak Chand (PW-10) went at the spot at F-10, Jagat Puri, Krishna Nagar, where, they came to know that injured Roshan had been sent to Safdarjung Hospital in a burnt condition. No eye witness was found present at the spot. After deputing PW-10 at the spot, SI Dharmender (PW-18/23) went to Safdarjung Hospital Burns Ward, where, they found R