LUICE @ JOHNY ANTHONY vs THE STATE

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 11th May, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF: + CRL.A. 1414/2014, CRL.M.A. 11356/2026 LUICE @ JOHNY ANTHONY .....Appellant Through: Mr. Prasanth. K., Advocate with all the Appellants-in-person. versus THE STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with SI Lucy, PS Ranjit Nagar. + CRL.A. 137/2016 STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Appellant Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with SI Lucy, PS Ranjit Nagar. versus LUICE @ JOHNY ANTHONY & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Prasanth.K., Advocate with all the Appellants-in-person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV JUDGMENT (ORAL) VIMAL KUMAR YADAV, J. 1. Futility of fraternal fracas dawned upon the siblings / cousins but quite late. In the process, 16 years were consumed together with money/stress, inconvenience, bad blood and mutual suspicion amongst the extended family members. However, after a full round of criminal trial Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRIYA Crl.A. 1414/2014 & Crl.A.137/2016 Page 1 of 7 Signing Date:14.05.2026 13:13:52 resulting into verdict against the accused persons named in the FIR and time spent in Appeal, the parties to a verbal dual which spilled over into a physical fight, realized after conviction that it was nothing but a sheer wastage of time, energy and resources etc., if it is carried forward further. That paved the way for a settlement amongst the parties and based upon the same, compounding of the offence was sought inasmuch as conviction was under section 323 IPC, which is compoundable under section 319/320 Cr.P.C. 2. It so happened that an FIR came to be registered under section 308/34 IPC at PS Ranjeet Nagar bearing registration number 173/2010 which traversing through the trial culminated into the