1 Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1222 OF 2016 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Criminal) No. 7675 of 2015) Sharat Babu Digumarti …Appellant(s) Versus Govt. of NCT of Delhi …Respondent(s) J U D G M E N T Dipak Misra, J. Leave granted. 2. The appellant along one Avnish Bajaj and others was arrayed as an accused in FIR No. 645 of 2004. After the investigation was concluded, charge sheet was filed before the learned Metropolitan Magistrate who on 14.02.2006 took cognizance of the offences punishable under Sections 292 and 294 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 67 of the Page 1

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