VINOD RAI @ BHULLAN vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 5th April, 2025 Pronounced on: 11th July, 2025 CRL.A. 652/2024 VINOD RAI @ BHULLAN .....Appellant Through: Ms. Aishwarya Rao and Ms. Mansi Rao, Advocates. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for the State with Ms. Mansi Sharma, Advocate. SI Meghna, PS Roop Nagar. Mr. Pawan Kumar Sharma, Advocate for the survivor. Mr. Himanshu Anand Gupta (DSLSA) with Mr. Sidharth Barua, Mr. Shekhar Anand Gupta, Mr. Mike Desai, Ms. Navneet Kaur and Mr. Anvesh Verma, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA JUDGMENT AMIT SHARMA, J. 1. The present appeal under Section 415(2) read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’) has been filed assailing the judgement of conviction and order on sentence dated 26.10.2023 2. Vide the impugned judgement of conviction dated 26.10.2023, the appellant has been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 376(2)(n)(i)/354A/450/506 of the IPC and Sections 6/12 of the POCSO Act. Vide the order on sentence dated 23.12.2023, the appellant was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 30 years al