STATE vs SHIVJI

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 25.02.2025 CRL.L.P. 157/2019 STATE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State. versus SHIVJI .....Respondent Through: None CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The State has preferred this petition under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [hereafter „Cr.P.C.‟] seeking leave to appeal against the judgment dated 23.10.2018 [hereafter „impugned judgment‟] passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-01, Special Court, POCSO (North-West District), Rohini Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Trial Court‟] in case arising out of FIR No. 607/2014, registered at Police Station (PS) Shalimar Bagh, Delhi, for offence punishable under Sections 377/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟] and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 [hereafter „POCSO Act‟]. 2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that upon receipt of a PCR call, DD No. 39A dated 27.06.2014 was recorded regarding a 3. During the course of investigation, the co-accused Dildar was 4. The prosecution had examined 15 witnesses, including