JASWANT SNGH vs STATE

Judgment text excerpt

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of reserving Judgment: 15th January, 2026 Date of decision: 12th March 2026 IN THE MATTER OF: + CRL.A. 752/2004 JASWANT SINGH .....Appellant Through: Mr. N.S. Dalal, Ms. Nidhi Dalal, Mr. Alok Kumar and Ms. Rachna Dalal, Advs. versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for the State with W/SI Ritu, PS Subhash Place. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV JUDGMENT VIMAL KUMAR YADAV, J. 1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellant assailing the judgment of conviction dated 12.08.2004 and the order on sentence dated 21.08.2004 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, whereby the appellant was convicted for the offence punishable under Section 506 Part I of the Indian Penal Code (IPC hereinafter). The appellant already stands acquitted of the charge under Section 307 IPC and, therefore, the said finding is not under consideration. The controversy in the present appeal is confined to the legality and sustainability of the conviction under Section 506 Part I IPC. 2. Succinctly, the prosecution‟s case, as emerged from the impugned judgment and the record, is that in the intervening night of 27/28.09.1997, a Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRIYA CRL.A. 752/2004 Page 1 of 8 Signing Date:13.03.2026 11:46:55 quarrel allegedly took place between the complainant PW-6 Tej Ram Bhardwaj and the appellant in respect of a tenanted shop, where former was a tenant and latter was the landlord. Seemingly, the commercial use of the tenanted premises over a period of time developed deep commercial interest in it and the tenant was not willing to vacate whereas the landlord was equally, if not more, keen to have it vacated. This soured the relationship to the extent which led to the present state o