* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.L.P. 654/2014 Reserved on : 14th January, 2015 Date of decision: 12th February, 2015 STATE OF NCT OF DELHI ..... Appellant Through: Mr.Varun Goswami, APP for the State. versus JAI KUMAR & ORS. ..... Respondents Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ASHUTOSH KUMAR, J.
Crl.M.A No.16723/2014 (for condonation of delay in filing the Petition) and CRL.L.P. 654/2014
1. There is a delay of three days in filing the petition. A prayer has been made to condone the same. Instead of issuing notice to the Respondents, we deem it desirable to look into the grounds of appeal and the Trial Court records to ascertain whether leave to appeal could be granted.
2. This leave petition is directed against the judgment dated 17th June, 2014 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, North District, Rohini Courts, Delhi in Sessions Case No.113/2013 whereby CRL.P. 654/2014 Page 1 of 14 the respondents have been acquitted of the charges under Sections 302 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The Respondents, four in number, namely Jai Kumar (Respondent No.1), Vikas (Respondent No. R-2), Parveen Kumar (Respondent No. 3) and Kuldeep Singh Saharawat (Respondent No. 4) have been charged with the offence of conspiring and killing the deceased (Om Prakash @ Omi) in the intervening night between 8.11.2008 an