Disposed¶21

Kapil Sharma v. the State (Nct of Delhi) & Ors.

Delhi HC11 May 2026W.P.(CRL)/1505/2026

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Delhi HC writ petition (W.P.(CRL) 1505/2026, decided 11.05.2026, Manoj Jain J) by shooting-injury survivor Kapil Sharma seeking day-to-day trial and no unnecessary adjournments; trial pending since charges framed 17.03.2020, only 2 of 25 witnesses examined, eye-witness PW-3 deposition ongoing; Court: examine eye witnesses without delay, generally no defence adjournments when eye witnesses testify unless compelling reason; petition disposed as not pressed with liberty to apply to Trial Court for expeditious disposal; no statute or precedent cited.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of as not pressed, with liberty to the petitioner to file an appropriate application before the learned Trial Court seeking expeditious disposal of the matter. ¶21

Kapil Sharma Vs the State (Nct of Delhi) & Ors. — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

¶1

$~68

¶2

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

¶3

- W.P.(CRL) 1505/2026 & CRL.M.A. 14745/2026 KAPIL SHARMA

¶4

.....Petitioner

¶5

Through: Ms. Heena, Mr. Prince Sharma, Mr. Anurag Singh and Mr. Sahil Sharma, Advocates.

¶6

versus

¶7

THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ORS.

¶8

.....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel (Crl) for the State.

¶9

CORAM:

¶10

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN O R D E R % 11.05.2026

¶11

An incident took place on 13.09.2019 in which the petitioner herein received gunshot injury at the hands of accused persons.

¶12

The charge-sheet was filed on 21.12.2019 and after the case was committed, charges were framed on 17.03.2020.

¶13

The limited request in the present petition is to the effect that the learned Trial Court may be requested to conduct the trial on day-to-day basis and no unnecessary adjournments may be granted to the accused.

¶14

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the deposition of the petitioner is already over. He, however, submits that the case is getting delayed and out of the cited 25 witnesses, so far only two witnesses have been examined in full and the deposition of PW-3, who is an eye witness, is still under-way.

¶15

W.P.(CRL) 1505/2026 1

¶16

This is a digitally signed order.

¶17

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 14/05/2026 at 12:52:17

¶18

Learned Standing Counsel (Crl) for the State appears on advance notice and submits that there would not be any unnecessary delay from their side and they would ensure that the witnesses are produced before the learned Trial Court as per the directions of the learned Trial Court.

¶19

Needless to observe, the eye witnesses have to be examined without any unnecessary delay and the learned Trial Court should, generally speaking, not grant any adjournment to defence when eye witnesses enter into witness-box, unless there is some compelling reason.

¶20

After hearing arguments for some time, learned counsel for petitioner, without prejudice to his rights and contentions, does not press the present petition. He, however, submits that he may be granted liberty to file appropriate application before the learned Trial Court seeking expeditious disposal of the matter.

¶21

The present petition is disposed of as not pressed, with the abovesaid liberty.

¶22

Pending application also stands disposed of.

¶23

MANOJ JAIN, J

¶24

MAY 11, 2026/ss/sa

¶25

W.P.(CRL) 1505/2026 2

¶26

This is a digitally signed order.

¶27

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 14/05/2026 at 12:52:17

Kapil Sharma v. the State (Nct of Delhi) & Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Kapil Sharma v. the State (Nct of Delhi) & Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

What the court decided

Issues for consideration

Procedural history

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Purujit Jeet Sharma Vs Union of India & Ors. & Ors.

Lokesh Bhardwaj Vs Inspector Sandeep Yadav & Ors.

Krishan Kumar Malik Vs State NCT of Delhi

Sh. Ashif and Ors. Vs the State (Gnctd) and Anr.

Shivam Chauhan Vs Union of India and Ors.

M a Khan Vs State of NCT of Delhi and Ors.

Amit Dhawan and Ors. Vs the State N C T of Delhi and Anr.

Rahul Dev Vs State Gnct of Delhi

Mehul Kumar Manuji Thakor Vs State of Delhi & Anr.

Shivam Vs the State (Nct of Delhi) & Anr.

Pranav Ansal Vs State Govt of NCT of Delhi and Anr.

Naveen Vs State NCT of Delhi

Pappu Kumar Vs State (Nct of Delhi)

Karan Nagar Vs State NCT of Delhi & Anr.