THE STATE vs VIJAY TYAGI & ORS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on:10th February, 2026 Pronounced on: 13th March, 2026 Uploaded on: 13th March, 2026 + CRL.A. 803/2018 THE STATE .....Appellant Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP with Mr. Lalit Luthra and Dr. R. S. Gupta Advs. SI Deepak Sharma P.S. Dabri versus VIJAY TYAGI & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. C. Mohan Rao, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Naresh C. Sharma and Mr. Lokesh Kumar Sharma, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN JUDGMENT MADHU JAIN, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed by the Appellant under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter,‘CrPC’) assailing the impugned judgment dated 24th January, 2018 (hereinafter, ‘impugned order’) passed by ld. ASJ/Special Judge (NDPS)(West), Dwarka Court, Delhi arising out of FIR No. 248/2011, Police Station Dabri. 2. By the impugned order, the accused/Respondents (hereinafter, ‘Respondents’) Vijay Tyagi (husband of the deceased), Subhash Chand Tyagi (father-in-law of the deceased), Rekha Tyagi (mother-in-law of the Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA CRL.A. 803/2018 Page 1 of 36 NEGI Signing Date:13.03.2026 13:20:20 deceased) and Meenakshi @ Monika Tyagi (sister-in-law of the deceased) were acquitted of the charges under Sections 498A/304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter, ‘IPC’), on the ground that the Prosecution had miserably failed to stand on its own footing and to prove its allegations against the Respondents beyond reasonable doubt. The conclusion of the Trial Court is set out below: “57. From the perusal of contradictions pointed by counsel for accused persons, some different picture emerges and story of prosecution put forward does not hold water and is not trustworthy as there are material points extracted from the tes