SANTOSH TIWARI vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

Judgment text excerpt

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of reserving: 06th May, 2026 Date of Decision: 29th May, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF: + CRL.A. 335/2013 SANTOSH TIWARI .....Appellant Through: Appellant-in-person with Mr. Manoj K.Mishra, Mr. M.T.Radeesh Kumar, Ms. Madhulika and Mr. Umesh Dubey, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Satinder Singh Bawa, APP for the State. Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. alongwith Ms. Pragya Barsaiyan, Adv. for the victim / prosecutrix (DHCLSC). CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV JUDGMENT VIMAL KUMAR YADAV, J. 1. Marxist view of religion that it is opium of masses surfaced in the instant case but the familial ties, outrage of chastity of the daughter and broken promises / dishonesty of the Appellant woke up the victim’s family from the spell of the opium of Marxist influence. The matter, which was, in a way, swept under the carpet, by the family of victim, was raised in a kind of retributive anger and frustration which was probably simmering somewhere deep down in the heart and psyche of the family, more Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRIYA CRL.A. 335/2013 Santosh Tiwari vs. State NCT of Delhi Page 1 of 15 Signing Date:30.05.2026 15:24:10 particularly with the mother of the victim. It burst out for the Appellant broke his own voluntary promise of staying away from the temple and possibly the city too, when he resurfaced in the vicinity. He was probably waiting for the anger to die down and being oblivious of the repulsion in the heart and mind of the victim’s mother, took the chance to possibly resume his priestly duties, hiding and forgetting his satanic and unholy deed. All hell broke loose when the Appellant was spotted in the vicinity by the brother of the victim who confronted him resulting to an altercation and f