* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 05^thFebruary, 2026 Pronounced on: 21st April, 2026 + CRL.A. 557/2004 ANIL KUMAR @ KALLU .....Appellant Through: Ms. Inderjeet Sidhu, Adv.

(DHCLSC) with Ms. Devyani Singh, Advs.

Versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP with Mr. Manvendra Yadav, Adv.

and Insp. Mahesh, PS-Dabri.

+ CRL.A. 168/2005 SURYA NARAIN ....Appellant Through: Mr. Vikasdeep Sharma, Mr.

Shafiq Khan, Ms.Tanya Sharma, Ms. Anjani Suri, Mr.

Sudarshan Jha, Advs.

versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP with Mr. Manvendra Yadav, Adv. and Insp. Mahesh, PS-Dabri.

CORAM:

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

J U D G M E N T

RAVINDER DUDEJA, J.

1. The present appeals have been preferred by the appellants against the judgment of conviction dated 01^st May 2004 and the order on sentence dated 05^th May 2004 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, New Delhi [“trial court”], in Sessions Case No. 65/1997, arising out of FIR No. 288/1997 registered under sections 302/394/34 of the Indian Penal Code,1860[“IPC”] at Police Station Dabri. Since both appeals emanate from the same FIR, and assail the co