PREM PRAKASH vs STATE

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 17th December, 2025 Date of Decision: 20th December, 2025 + CRL.A. 1330/2014 PREM PRAKASH .....Appellant Through: Mr. Kunal Rawat, Ms. Prity Kumari, and Ms. Ritu Gaur, Advocates. versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Mukesh Kumar, APP for State with Mr. Sunil Singh Rawat, Mr. Arsalan Naik and Mr. Siddharth Goyal, Advocates with SI Barham Prakash, P.S. Sultan Puri. Ms. Sanya Kumar, Advocates (DHCLSC) for Victim. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the “Cr.P.C”) has been preferred against judgment of conviction dated 17th May, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the “impugned judgment”) and against order on sentence dated 22nd May, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the “impugned order on sentence”) passed by the learned ASJ, Rohini Courts, Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the “Trial Court”) in Sessions Case bearing no. 75/2013 arising out of the FIR bearing no. 192/2013, registered at P.S. Sultan Puri, Delhi. 2. The appellant vide the impugned judgment was convicted for the offence under Section 9(m) of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences CRL.A. 1330/2014 Page 1 of 9 Signature Not Verified Signed By:NAMITA DHYANI Signing Date:20.12.2025 15:18:30 Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as the “POCSO”). The appellant vide the impugned order on sentence was sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of 05 years under Section 10 of POCSO, alongwith a fine of Rs. 1,000/-, and in default of payment of fine, the appellant was sentenced to further undergo Simple Imprisonment for a period of 01 month. 3. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 9th March, 2013 at about 1: