* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 06.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 15.04.2026 + CRL.A. 296/2017 DANVIR TOMER .....Appellant Through: Mr. S.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate with Ms. Saniya Zehra, Advocate along with the appellant in person.

versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP for the State with SI Mitthan Lal, P.S. Sarita Vihar.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA

JUDGMENT

CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J.

1. In this appeal filed under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Cr.PC.), the first accused (A1), in Sessions Case No. 1852/2016 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge, South-East, Saket Courts, New Delhi assails the judgment dated 15.02.2017 and order on sentence dated 27.07.2017 as per which he has been convicted and sentenced for the offences punishable under Section 498A and 304B read with

34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (the IPC).

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that, Julie, the daughter of PW2 was married to A1 on 21.05.2013 as per the rites and customs of the community to which they belong. Pursuant to the marriage, A1, her husband and her in-laws, namely, the second acc