1. Hybrid Mode.

2. The appeal in hand challenges the judgment dated 22.07.1998 passed by the Learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi, whereby the accused persons were acquitted of the charges under Sections 448 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

3. It has been submitted by the Learned Counsel for the Appellant as well as the Learned Counsel for the Respondents that despite repeated and continuous efforts, the Trial Court Record (TCR) has not been received and remains unavailable for the purposes of adjudication of the present appeal.

4. It is borne out from the record that the Registry, vide office letter dated 24.06.2002 had first attempted to requisition the Trial Court Record, however, it was communicated by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Officer In-Charge, Record room (Crl) vide letter dated 26.07.2002 as per the official record maintained in the Record Room, the case file titled Charanjit Singh vs. Tulsi had already been weeded out on 10.06.2002.

5. Further, this Court had vide order dated 07.08.2024, once again attempted to requisition the Trial Court Record from the concerned Trial Court, in response to which a report came stating that the record had been weeded