CRL.App.No.208/2003

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 208 OF 2003

Reserved on : 20^th April, 2010.

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Date of Decision 20^th July, 2010.

RAKESH .... Appellant.

Through

Mr.

R.P.S.Sirohi,

Mr.Girish

Yadav,

advocates.

VERSUS

STATE OF NCT OF DELHI …..Respondent.

Through Ms. Fizani Hussain, advocate.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA

1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be

allowed to see the judgment?

2. To be referred to the Reporter or not ?

YES

3. Whether the judgment should be reported

in the Digest ?

YES

SANJIV KHANNA, J.:

The appellant-Rakesh, by the impugned judgment dated 26^th

March, 2006 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge has been

convicted under Sections 398 and 458 of the Indian Penal Code

(hereinafter referred to as the IPC, for short). By the impugned Order on

sentence dated 27^th March, 2006, appellant-Rakesh has been directed to

undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years for the offence under

Section 398 IPC, rigorous imprisonment for