ANWAR vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 25.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on:10.03.2026 CRL.A. 896/2017 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 1198/2021 ANWAR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Aseem Bhardwaj, Mr. K.K. Vijay, Mr. Gaurav Kumar and Ms. Nikita Vijay, Advocates. versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Jitender P.S. Nangloi. Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, (DHCLSC) with Ms. Vanshita, Ms. Pragya Barsaiyan and Ms. Nitya Jain Advocates Mr. Himanshu Anand Gupta, Advocate for DSLSA with Ms. Mansi Yadav, Mr. Siddharth Barua, Mr. Shekhar Anand Gupta, Mr. Mike Desai, Mr. Navneet Kaur and Ms. Shivani Rampal, Advocates CRL.A. 1051/2017 SANDEEP .....Appellant Through: Mr. Satyam Thareja, (DHCLSC) with Ms. Vasundhara Nagrath and Mr. Shaurya Katoch, Advocates. versus STATE .....Respondent 1. In these appeals filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Cr.P.C.), the appellants/accused persons, 3 in number, in S.C. No. 135 of 2013 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge (Special Fast Track Court)-01, West, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, assail the judgment and order on sentence dated 18.07.2017. Vide the impugned judgment