JUDGMENT

AMIT SHARMA, J.

1. The present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‗CrPC‘) is directed against the orders dated 21.08.2012 and 28.09.2012, passed by Shri Rakesh Siddharth, learned Additional Sessions Judge (‗ASJ‘), Tis Hazari Courts in SC No. 57/2011, titled ‗State vs. Jagan Nath & Ors.‘, arising out of FIR No. 08/2011, under Sections 380/328 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‗IPC‘), registered at PS Tilak Nagar.

2. By way of the aforesaid orders, the learned ASJ, dealt with and allowed the application filed on behalf of respondent no. 2 herein under Section 307 read with Section 306(1) of the CrPC and granted the benefit of being an approver to her.

3. Briefly stated, the facts relevant for adjudication of the present petition are as under:

i. On 08.01.2011, a complaint was filed by the husband of respondent no.

2, alleging that on 08.01.2011, when he got up in the morning at about 10:00/11:00 A.M, he found his father, his brother and his children in an unconscious condition. It was alleged that he saw his wife, i.e., respondent no. 2 for a moment, after which she could not be seen in the house. It was further alleged that he then received a call from his mother-in-law, to whom he explained the aforesaid position and tried to search for respondent no. 2 but she had disappeared. The complainant alleged that he got suspicious and on searching his house, he found that 2 kg of gold and Rs. 5 lakh in cash was missing from the locker of his parents.

ii. The complainant further alleged that respondent no. 2 served the family members with coffee and after consuming the same, they had become unconscious. Thereafter, it is stated that the complainant called his uncles, etc. and narrated the whole incident to them. Complainant suspected that respondent no. 2 had done all the said acts knowingly, including the act of committing theft by drugging the former and his family. The complainant sought legal action against her and recovery of the stolen articles.

iii. Accordingly, FIR bearing no. 08/2011, under Section 320/328 of the IPC was registered at PS Tilak Nagar.

iv. It is the case of the prosecution that on the next day, respondent no. 2 was traced from a hotel in Bahadurgarh, Haryana. During her interrogation, she revealed that petitioner no. 1, Rahul Yadav, was her internet friend and often used to chat with her through the internet. It was during these chatting sessions that they exchanged phone numbers and started discussing their family setups/financial and other matters with each other. Petitioner no. 1 projected himself to be a billionaire and slowly lured her and prepared her mind to flee from her home with gold and cash so that they can start living separately. Petitioner no. 1 impressed her by showing fake and false dreams. It was further disclosed that she dreamt of spending her life with petitioner no. 1. It was stated that at the same time, petitioner no. 1 used to threaten her with dire consequences to her children, in case she would not follow his commands.

v. It was further disclosed that one day petitioner no.1 made a plan and convinced her to implement it so that they can live together forever. As per the plan, on 07.01.2011, petitioner no. 1 threw 4-5 pouches of drugs wrapped in paper, in the balcony of respondent no. 2‘s house. At about 8:00/9:00 PM, she mixed the said drugs with coffee and served it to the family members. As a result, every member of respondent no. 2‘s family became unconscious. As planned, she decamped with 2 kg gold and Rs. 5 lakh cash from the house on 08.01.2011, at about 12:00 PM. As a result of consuming the laced coffee, Mr. Gulshan (father-in-law), Mrs. Saroj (mother-in-law) and Raman (brother-in-law/dewar) were admitted in Kalra Hospital on 08.01.2011 and got discharged from on 09.01.2011. Respondent no. 2 further confessed that after fleeing from home, she joined petitioner no. 1 in an already waiting car and they went to a hotel in Bahadurgarh, Haryana where