STATE (NCT OF DELHI) vs MAHAVIR SINGH

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 13.05.2026 Judgment pronounced on:16.05.2026 + CRL.A. 214/2018 STATE (NCT of DELHI) .....Appellant Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Rajender Singh, PS Nangloi. Versus MAHAVIR SINGH .....Respondent Through: Mr. Abhinav Sekhri and Mr. Aru Vashisht, Advocates with respondent in person (DHCLSC). CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In this appeal filed under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Cr.PC), the respondent/State in Sessions Case No. 556 of 2009 on the file of the Metropolitan Magistrate-03, West District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, assails the CRL.A. 214/2018 Page 1 of 18 Signature Not Verified Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:16.05.2026 12:36:26 judgment dated 11.08.2015 as per which the sole accused has been acquitted of the offences punishable under Sections 279 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC). 2. The prosecution case is that on 22.02.1999 at about11:15 P.M. at Nangloi Chowk, Najafgarh Road, the accused drove tanker lorry bearing registration no. HR-47-5860 in a rash and negligent manner so as to endanger human life and personal safety and knocked down one Constable Chander Pal, brother of PW7,who was crossing the road along with PW6 and fled from the spot. Chander Pal thereafter succumbed to injuries on the same date and was declared as “brought dead” by the hospital. Hence, as per the charge-sheet/final report, the accused was alleged to have committed the offences punishable under Sections 279, 304A IPC and Sections 134 and 187 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (the MV Act). CRL.A. 214/2018 Page 2 of 18 Signature Not Verified Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:16.05.2026 12:36:26 3. On the basi