$~61 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010454622026 + CRL.M.C. 7093/2026 & CRL.M.A. 29664-29666/2026 P SANT PRASAD .....Petitioner Through: M.A. Chinnasamy, Ms. Usha Rani and Mr. Saurabh Gupta, Advs. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP Insp. Yakub Khan PS NDRS SI Vinod Kumar CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA O R D E R % 23.09.2026 CRL.M.A. 29664-2966/2026 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The applications stand disposed of. CRL.M.C. 7093/2026 3. The present petition has been filed impugning the order dated 06.07.2026 [‘impugned order’] passed by the Trial Court dismissing the Petitioner’s application dated 19.03.2024 filed under Section 216 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [‘Cr.P.C’] for seeking framing of additional charges. 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner states that additionally, the petitioner had also filed an application1 dated 10.04.2024 for bringing on record additional documents, which is pending adjudication. 5. This Court has perused the impugned order dated 06.07.2026 as well This is a digitally signed order. 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 28/09/2026 at 10:39:44 as the judgment of the Supreme Court in P. Kartikalakshmi v. Sri Ganesh2 which was relied upon by the Trial Court. Upon a perusal of the record, this Court finds no error of law in the impugned order. 6. At this stage, learned counsel for the Petitioner states that he only seeks a limited direction to the Trial Court to hear and decide its application dated 10.04.2024 for bringing on record additional documents, in accordance with law. 7. Learned APP states that the charge-sheet was filed on 27.02.2020 and charges were framed on 20.10.2022. He submits that the appropriate stage for bringing on record additional documents that were in the custody of the petitioner was during the course of the investigation, when it was pending before the Investigating Officer [‘IO’] or the Magistrate. 8. The petition is disposed of with a limited direction to the Trial Court to hear and decide the petitioner’s application dated 10.04.2024 on its own merits and in accordance with law. 9. It is made clear that the trial shall continue and this direction will not be relied upon by the petitioner to seek any adjournment before the Trial Court. 10. This Court notes that the matter is listed before the Trial Court on 23.09.2026 and 24.09.2026. 11. The petition is disposed of. Pending application is disposed of. MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J SEPTEMBER 23, 2026/hp/aj 1 Annexed as Annexure P-4 along with this petition 2 (2017) 3 SCC 347 This is a digitally signed order. 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 28/09/2026 at 10:39:44