MUKESH vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 25.07.2025 Pronounced on : 29.07.2025 CRL.A. 500/2024 MUKESH .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sunil Kr. Ojha, Advocate. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR .....Respondents Through: Ms. Shubhi Gupta, APP for State CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT 1. The appellant, through the present appeal filed under Section 374(2) Cr.P.C. impugns the judgment on conviction dated 14.07.2023 and order on sentence dated 16.12.2023 in SC No.98/2018 arising out of FIR No. 1032/2016 registered under Section 363 IPC and Section 10 of POCSO at P.S. Mangolpuri. On conclusion of investigation, the chargesheet came to be filed under section 363/354A/366 IPC and Section 10 POCSO Act. Vide the impugned judgment, the appellant has been convicted under Sections 363/354B/323 IPC and Section 10 of the POCSO Act and vide order on sentence, he has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment (RI) for 7 years for the offence under Section 363 and Section 10 of POCSO Act and further sentenced to RI for 1 year for the offence under Section 323 2. Wheels of the investigation were put in motion on receipt of a complaint that the prosecutrix/chil