STATE vs RAM PARKASH S/O SHRI GANESHI LAL

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 21st January 2026 Pronounced on: 16th March 2026 + CRL.A. 135/2003 STATE .....Appellant Through: Mr.Aman Usman, APP with Mr.Manvendra Yadav and Insp. Sanjay Kumar, PS Sultan Puri versus RAM PARKASH S/O SHRI GANESHI LAL .....Respondent Through: Mr.Sahil Jain, Adv. along with respondent in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. State takes exception to the judgment dated 07th December, 1999, whereby respondents Om Prakash and Ram Prakash have been acquitted of all the charges levelled against them. 2. Respondent Om Prakash has since expired during the pendency of the present appeal, and therefore, the proceedings qua him stand abated. CRL.A. 135/2003 Page 1 of 20 Signature Not Verified Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:16.03.2026 18:15 3. The brief facts of the case, as noted by the learned Trial Court, are as under:- “On 15th March, 1996, Smt. Saroj Devi (PW- 6), lodged a complaint at PS Sultan Puri that her husband Ram Prakash (PW-11) had gone missing after telephoning her on the previous night around 9.00 pm that he was at the house of her brother Sharvan Kumar and would return shortly, but did not turn up. Despite efforts to trace him, he could not be found. PW-6 made complaint to the police. An FIR was registered under Section 365/506 IPC. On 21stMarch,1996, PW-6 produced two ransom letters to the police, wherein, Rs. 15 lakhs were demanded for the production of Ram Prakash. Section 364-A/506 IPC were invoked. Trap was laid at the places where the amount was to be delivered, but none turned up. Thereafter, two more ransom letters were received, in which, the name of Om Prakash figured. He was accordingly arrested on 23rdMarch,