* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of reserving: 17^th April, 2026 Date of Decision: 30^th April, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF:

+ CRL.L.P. 70/2022 STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mukesh Kumar, APP for State with SI Krishan Varma, PS Inder Puri Delhi. versus RAMESH @ UDAI @ UDDA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Manish Bhardwaj, Advocate for Respondent no.1 Ramesh.

Mr. Amitej Kumar Nagar, Advocate for Respondent No.2 & 3.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV

JUDGMENT

VIMAL KUMAR YADAV, J.

1. The acquittal of the accused persons in case FIR No. 241/2017 (Ex. P1) registered with police of PS Inder Puri under section 307/34 of Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’) 1860, did not go down well with the Prosecuting Agency, therefore, State invoked section 378 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) and filed the instant appeal (Crl.L.P.70/2022).

2. While impugning the judgment dated 31.01.2020, it is asserted that the learned Trial Court fell into error by attaching undue importance to the contradictions while ignoring the fact that the victim had sustained injuries which fell into the definition of ‘dangerous’ as opined by the Doctor.

However before adverting intensively i