RAJESH KUMAR vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~34 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: December 19, 2025 + CRL.REV.P. 38/2014 RAJESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manish Sharma & Mr. Shiva Vashisht, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State. SI Priyanka Saini, PS Bindapur. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition is filed challenging the order dated 30.10.2013 and order on sentence dated 07.11.2013, passed by the learned Appellate Court in CA No. 18/2013. 2. By the said orders, the learned Appellate Court had dismissed the appeal filed by the petitioner and upheld the judgment dated 02.05.2013 and order on sentence dated 07.05.2013, passed in the case arising out of FIR No. 16/11 which was registered at Police Station H.N. Din, whereby the learned Trial Court had convicted the petitioner for the offence under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year. The petitioner also challenges the aforesaid orders passed by the learned Trial Court. Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER CRL.REV.P. 38/2014 Page 1 of 4 KAUR Signing Date:19.12.2025 20:23:59 3. Briefly stated, it is the case of the prosecution that on 16.01.2011, when the victim was returning to her residence after switching on the water motor, the petitioner (son of the victim’s landlord) stopped her and insisted her to get a photograph clicked with him. On the victim’s refusal, the petitioner caught hold of the victim’s hand and dragged her inside a room in his house. The petitioner allegedly gagged the victim as well. 4. Aggrieved by his conviction and sentence being upheld by the learned Appellate Court, the petitioner preferred the present petition