The High Court dismissed two criminal revision petitions challenging the conviction and sentence for theft. The court affirmed the trial court's findings that the petitioners entered a shop at odd hours to commit theft, supported by witness testimony and recovered stolen articles.
The revision petitions were dismissed and the trial court records were sent back.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
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*** IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI**
DECIDED ON : 2nd February, 2018
+ CRL.REV.P. 821/2017, CRL. M. B. 2207/2017, CRL. M. A. 17715-17716/2017
HARISH KUMAR ..... Petitioner Through : Mr. Saurabh Kansal, Adv. with Ms. Pallavi S. Kansal, Adv.
versus
STATE ..... Respondent Through : Mr. Ravi Nayak, APP
+ CRL.REV.P. 922/2017, CRL. M. B. 2195/2017, CRL. M. A. 20329/2017
VEERPAL ..... Petitioner Through : Ms. Naomi Chandra, Adv.
versus
STATE ..... Respondent Through : Mr. Ravi Nayak, APP
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.P.GARG
S.P.GARG, J. (ORAL)
CRL. REV. PET. 821/2017 & 922/2017 Page 1 of 3
guilty of commission of offences punishable under Sections 457/380/34 IPC. The petitioners were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years under Section 457 IPC and Section 380 IPC with fine of Rs. 5,000/- each. Both the sentences were to run concurrently.
CRL. REV. PET. 821/2017 & 922/2017 Page 2 of 3
inside the shop for committing theft. The information was conveyed to the police station on which ASI Ganga Prasad and Constable Satish came to the spot. On search of the petitioners, two mobile phones were recovered from them. Apart from above, a rod and a lock were also recovered from possession of petitioner Veer Pal; one screw driver and one lock were recovered from the possession of petitioner Harish. Petitioners did not explain as to how these implements of breaking house came to their possession and why they were carrying it with themselves.
S.P.GARG (JUDGE)
February 02, 2018/ SRwt
CRL. REV. PET. 821/2017 & 922/2017 Page 3 of 3
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the conviction and sentence imposed for theft should be modified in the revision filed by the petitioners.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Harish Kumar
Veerpal
State
S.P. GARG
As recorded by the court registry
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