RAJ KUMAR @ PRADEEP vs STATE

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 19.05.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 25.05.2026 CRL.A. 35/2016 RAJ KUMAR @ PRADEEP .....Appellant Through: Mr. S.S. Ahluwalia and Ms. Rimpy Rohilla Advocates versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for State CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In this appeal filed under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, accused no. 1 (A1) in SC No. 33/2014 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge-II (North-West), Rohini Courts, Delhi, assails the judgment and order on sentence dated 26.09.2015 as per which he has been convicted and sentenced for the offences punishable under Sections 307, 326 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (the IPC). 2. The prosecution case is that on 23.03.2013 at about 10:30 p.m., at U.T. Block Chowk, Mangol Puri, Delhi, both the accused persons, namely, A1 and A2, caused grievous injuries toPW8 and PW9 with a sharp-edged weapon on their faces and other body parts with such intention or knowledge and under such circumstances that, had death been caused, they would have been guilty of murder. Hence, as per