SANJAY vs STATE (GNCT) OF DELHI

Judgment text excerpt

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on:13.01.2025 + CRL.A. 124/2024 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 247/2024 SANJAY .....Appellant versus STATE (GNCT) OF DELHI ..... Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Appellant : Mr. Rohan J. Alva, Advocate (DHCLSC). For the Respondent : Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State. Mr. Zeeshan Diwan, Advocate (DHCLSC)- Through V.C. and Mr. Ahmed Faraz, Advocate for Complainant. SI Bharti (P.S. Dwarka North) & Inspector Manju (P.S. Domestic Airport). CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal has been filed challenging the judgment on conviction dated 27.01.2023 (hereafter ‘the impugned judgment’) and order on sentence dated 11.04.2023 (hereafter ‘the impugned order on sentence’), passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR CRL.A. 124/2024 Page 1 of 16 Signing Date:16.01.2025 17:30:58 Dwarka Courts, New Delhi, in SC No. 440994/16 arising out of FIR No. 175/2014, registered at Police Station Dwarka North. 2. The learned Trial Court by the impugned judgment has convicted the appellant for offence under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (‘POCSO Act’). 3. By the impugned order on sentence, the learned Trial Court has sentenced the appellant to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years for the offence under Section 6 of the POCSO Act with a fine of ₹30,000/- and in default, simple imprisonment for 30 days. 4. Briefly stated, the FIR in the present case was registered based on the statement of the mother of the victim (5 years old at the time of the incident) alleging that on 14.03.2014, at around 8pm, when her daughter (victim) was not found in the room, she peeped into the room of the accused /appe