STATE vs MOHAN @ SONU

Judgment text excerpt

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Pronounced on: 28th June, 2025 + CRL.APPEAL 537/2025 STATE Through DCP (East Delhi) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, Ld. APP for the State with SI Aman P.S. Mandawali. versus MOHAN @ SONU S/o Sh Satya Parkash R/o House No. A-509, 3rd floor, Budha Marg, Mandawali, Delhi .....Respondent Through: Mr. Dhirendra Kumar and Mr. Bikash Bishwakarma, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Criminal Appeal under Section 378 (1) Cr.P.C. has been filed by the Petitioner/State against judgment dated 28.03.2017 vide which the Respondent has been acquitted for offences under Section 354A IPC and Section 9 POCSO Act by learned ASJ, Delhi in FIR No.0109/2014, registered at PS: Mandawali. 2. Briefly stated, a hand-written Complaint dated 05.02.2014 had been made by Smt. K. K. (mother of prosecutrix) that on 03.02.2014, her daughter was alone in the house and watching T.V., while other family Signature Not Verified Signed By:RITA CRL.A.537/2025 Page 1 of 9 SHARMA Signing Date:30.06.2025 18:23:40 members were present on the roof. Resopndent, who resides in their neighbourhood, came and tried to do ‘utli sidhi harkat’ with her daughter and asked her to sit in his lap and he would do something and would give a chocolate. He then started removing her cloths and lay on her, which frightened the little girl who came up and told about the incident to the family members. The mother of the Respondent requested the mother of prosecutrix that her son was ‘mad’ and no complaint be registered against him. However, on 05.02.2014, when Respondent again came to their house, he tried to repeat the same act, but this time, the police was called and the Complaint was made on which FIR