PAWAN KUMAR PASWAN vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on:03.07.2025 + CRL.A. 1004/2023 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 1688/2023 PAWAN KUMAR PASWAN .....Appellant versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Appellant : Ms. Jahanvi Worah, Adv. For the Respondent : Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP for the State. SI Dharmendra Sharma, PS Patel Nagar, WSI Kiran Sethi, IO, PS Kamla Market along with victim. Ms. Deepika Dahiya, Amicus Curie for victim. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal is filed challenging the judgement of conviction dated 27.05.2023 (hereafter ‘impugned judgement’) and order on sentence dated 11.07.2023 (hereafter ‘impugned order on sentence’) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), (POCSO), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, in Sessions Case No. 57755/2016 Signature Not Verified Signed By:DEEPANSHU Signing Date:05.07.2025 CRL.A. 1004/2023 Page 1 of 23 19:29:01 arising out of FIR No. 674/2015 dated 25.08.2015 registered at Patel Nagar. 2. The learned ASJ by the impugned judgement, convicted the appellant for the offences under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (‘POCSO’) and Section 323/506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). 3. By the impugned order on sentence the appellant was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of twelve years and to pay a fine of ₹10,000/- for the offence under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, and in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 30 days. He was further sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year for the offence under Section 506 of the IPC and simple imprisonment for a period of one year for the offence under Section 323 of the IPC. The benefit