RAJINDER KUMAR vs THE STATE

Judgment text excerpt

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of reserving Judgment: 05th February, 2026 Date of decision: 20th May, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF: + CRL.A. 654/2003 RAJINDER KUMAR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Vipin Kumar Gupta and Mr. Rahul Kumar, Advs. versus THE STATE .....Respondent Through: Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for State with SI Tamanna PS Vasant Vihar. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV JUDGMENT VIMAL KUMAR YADAV, J. 1. Travelling through 10 witnesses during the trial, the DD No. 13A, which laid the foundation of the instant case shaped up in FIR No. 7/2001, which was registered on the complaint of one Gaje Singh. It albeit culminated into a chargesheet, containing allegations under Section 382/411/34 and 392/397 of Indian Penal Code („IPC‟), but ultimately resulted into conviction of the Appellant Rajinder herein under Section 394, 397 IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959. The case under Section 25 Arms Act was separately registered. The charge was framed under Section 411 IPC also in which he was given the benefit of doubt and acquitted. 2. It so happened that a robbery near Munirka Bus Stand was committed by a group of pick-pocketers on 13.01.2001 at about 11:00 AM in a bus plying on route no. 764. In fact, complainant Gaje Singh was carrying a sum Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRIYA CRL.A. 654/2003 Rajinder Kumar vs. The State Page 1 of 13 Signing Date:21.05.2026 16:30:51 of Rs. 1,10,000/- in a bag, which he wanted to deposit in Corporation Bank, Vasant Vihar and while he was about to get down from the bus at Munirka, he realized that his bag was cut open. He immediately raised alarm and 5-6 boys got down from the bus, he suspected them to be the persons responsible and caught hold of one of them. He had to let go of that boy inasmuch as those 5-6 bo