RAM KRISHAN SINGH @ DADU vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 19.08.2025 Pronounced on : 13.10.2025 + CRL.A. 657/2024 RAM KRISHAN SINGH @ DADU .....Appellant Through: Mr. Shivek Trehan and Mr. Ishaan Kumar, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Pradeep Gahalot, APP for State. Ms. Gayatri Nandwani and Mr. Mudita Sharda, Advocates for victim CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT 1. Being convicted and sentenced by the Sessions Court, the appellant has preferred the present appeal seeking setting aside of the judgment of conviction dated 27.03.2024, vide which he has been convicted for offences punishable under Section 6 read with Section 5(l) and (m) POCSO, Section 10 read with Section 9(m) POCSO, and Section 506 IPC, and the order on sentence dated 16.05.2024, vide which he has been directed to undergo RI for a period of 12 years along with payment of fine of Rs.1,000/-, for the offence punishable under Section 6 POCSO; RI for a period of 5 years along with payment of fine of Rs.1,000/-, for the offence punishable under Section 10 POCSO; and SI for a period of 1 year for the offence punishable under Section 506 IPC. In default of payment of fine, he was directed to undergo Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CRL.A. 657/2024 Page 1 of 11 By:NIJAMUDDEE N ANSARI SI for 30 days. The benefit of Section 428 Cr.P.C. was extended to the appellant, and all the sentences were directed to run concurrently. 2. The facts, in a nutshell, are that DD No. 94A came to be recorded on 23.02.2019 at 23:56, wherein the caller informed that his 10-year-old daughter had been raped. 3. The statement of the child victim was recorded, and her MLC was prepared at DDU Hospital. The exhibits, including the clothes of the child victim, were seized and dep