STATE OF NCT OF DELHI vs MURAIF QAMAR & ANR

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 8th April, 2026 Pronounced on: 29th May, 2026 Uploaded on: 29th May, 2026 + CRL.A. 889/2017 STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Appellant Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP with Mr. Lalit Luthra and Ms. Divya Yadav, Advs. versus MURAIF QAMAR & ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. M. Sufian Siddiqui, Mr. Rakesh Bhugra, Mr. Md. Niyazuddin and Mr. Mohammad Mazhar Ahmed, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN JUDGMENT PRATHIBA M. SINGH, J. 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present appeal has been filed by the State of NCT of Delhi under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter, ‘CrPC’) challenging the acquittal of the Respondents i.e., Respondent No.1- Muraif Qamar and Respondent No. 2- Irshad Ali @ Deepak, vide the judgment dated 22nd December, 2016 (hereinafter, ‘impugned judgment’) passed by the ld. Additional Sessions Judge-02/FTC, New Delhi District, Patiala House Courts, Delhi in Sessions Case No. 117/2013. The present case arises out of CRL.A. 889/2017 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 45 Digitally Signed By:DEVANSHU JOSHI Signing Date:29.05.2026 12:32:50 FIR No. 10/2006 registered at PS. Special Cell. Background 3. The background of the present case is that Respondents i.e., Muraif Qamar and Irshad Ali @Deepak who claimed to be informers for the Special Cell of the Delhi Police and Intelligence Bureau (hereinafter ‘IB’) faced trial for offences punishable under Sections 121, 121A, 122, 123 read with Section 120 B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter, ‘IPC’), Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 and Sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substance Act, 1908. The present appeal has a long history. 4. The Respondents claimed that they were working as informer