* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 18.02.2026 Pronounced on: 18.03.2026 + CRL.A. 85/2024 JITAN BORA ..... Appellant Through: Mr.Himanshu Anand Gupta, Mr.Sidharth Barua, Ms.Mansi Yadav, Mr. Shekhar Anand Gupta, Ms.Navneet Kaur, Ms.Shivani Rampal and Mr.Mike Desai, Advs.

versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT) DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr.Aman Usman, APP with Mr.Manvendra Yadav, Adv. with Insp. Madan Mohan, P.S.

GK-I, New Delhi.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA

J U D G M E N T

NAVIN CHAWLA, J.

1. The appellant has approached this Court, assailing the judgment dated 15.07.2023 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-05, South- East District, Saket Courts Complex, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the „Trial Court‟) in Sessions Case No. 490/2019, titled State v. Jitan @ Jitan Bora, arising out of FIR No. 134/2019, registered at Police Station Greater Kailash, New Delhi, under Sections 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the „IPC‟), whereby the appellant has been convicted under Section

302 of the IPC for the offence of murder.

2. The appellant also challenges the order on sentence dated 19.10.20