BANSI KUMAR vs STATE

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 03.07.2025 CRL.A. 277/2007 BANSI KUMAR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Chandra Prakash Sharma, Adv. versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Ms. Puja Mann, Adv. along with SI Mahendra. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellant seeking setting aside of the impugned judgment and order on sentence, both dated 07.04.2024, passed by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Delhi, [hereafter „Trial Court‟] whereby the appellant was convicted for offence under Section 366/376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟] in case arising out FIR No. 596/2005 registered at Police Station Narela, Delhi. 2. By way of the impugned judgment, the appellant was CRL.A. 277/2007 3. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that on 20.11.2005, the present FIR was registered on the complaint of Roshan Khan, who reported that his daughter, aged about 14 to 15 years, had gone missing since 6:00 PM that evening, and despite extensive searches, she could not be traced. He ha