DINESH vs STATE

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on:23.06.2025 CRL.A. 688/2023 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 1318/2023 DINESH .....Appellant versus STATE .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Appellant : Mr. Harsh Prabhakar, Adv. (DHCLSC) with Mr. Dhruv Chaudhary and Mr. Shubham Sourav, Advs. For the Respondent : Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with SI Rajni Kant, PS Kirti Nagar. Mr. Rohan J. Alva, Adv. (Amicus Curiae) for the victim with Mr. Anant Sanghi, Adv. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal is filed against the judgment dated 16.05.2023 (hereafter ‘impugned judgment’) and order on sentence dated 31.07.2023 (hereafter ‘impugned order on sentence’) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in New SC. No. 664/2017 arising out of FIR No. 321/2017 (‘FIR’). 2. By the impugned judgment, the learned ASJ convicted the appellant for the offences under Sections 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (‘POCSO Act’). By the impugned order on sentence, the learned ASJ sentenced the appellant to undergo rigorous