JAVED AHMED AZMI vs STATE AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 12th May, 2026 CRL.M.C. 2350/2025 & CRL.M.A. 10581/2025 JAVED AHMED AZMI …..Petitioner Through: Ms. Riyal Khandelwal, Advocate. versus STATE AND ORS …..Respondents Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with SI Mohit Kumar, PS Hauz Khas. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. The point raised in the present petition is very short and precise. 2. Petitioner is facing trial for commission of offences under Sections 420/408 IPC. 3. The case is very old as FIR was registered way back in the year 2011. 4. During the trial, the concerned Investigating Officer i.e. PW-12 Inspector Inderjeet appeared before the learned Trial Court on 12.05.2023 but his cross-examination was deferred as the defence counsel was not available. Thereafter, there was no cross-examination from the side of the defence and when an application under Section 311 Cr.P.C. was moved by the defence and the witness was recalled, unfortunately, the concerned counsel, again, was not present and, therefore, the witness was discharged, after granting due opportunity on 24.09.2024. 5. Thereafter, another application was moved by the def