PREM PAL &ORS. vs STATE

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 12th May, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF: + CRL.A. 11/2010 & CRL.M.A. 542/2018 PREM PAL &ORS. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Dheeraj Gupta, Mr. Fardeen Khan, Ms. Aashna Bhola and Mr. Krishna Shukla, Advs. with all Appellants-in-person. versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Satinder Singh Bawa, APP for State with SI Anuj and SI Mohit, PS Timarpur. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV JUDGMENT (ORAL) VIMAL KUMAR YADAV, J. 1. It took more than a decade for the parties involved in case FIR No. 413/2007 to cool down their tempers and to realize the futility of resorting to violence and that is how application seeking quashing of the FIR i.e. CRL.M.A 542/2018 and the proceedings emerging there from was moved in the year 2018. 2. The incident in question took place on 24.07.2007 where the neighbours i.e. Mahesh Kumar, Kapil & Laxman Singh on one side and Prempal, Than Singh, Raju & Parmanand on other side could not save the situation which erupted through an altercation but soon thereafter spilled into a free for all where injuries were sustained by Laxman, Mahesh and Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRIYA CRL.A. 11/2010 & CRL.M.A. 542/2018 Page 1 of 10 Signing Date:16.05.2026 14:54:02 Kapil. Since one of the victims i.e.Kapil had sustained injuries on his head caused by the Prempal, Than Singh, Raju and Parmanand therefore, case under Section 341, Section 323 and Section 308 read with Section 34 Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against them. After going through the full fledged trial and suffering the conviction under Section 308/34 and Section 341 IPC (so far as the accused were held guilty) through the Impugned Judgment dated 05.12.2009 and Order on Sentence dated 10.12.2009, they were sentenced to different