RUGHRAM & ORS. vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 13.10.2025 + CRL.REV.P. 1320/2024 & CRL.M.A. 35693/2024 RUGHRAM & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Pranav Gupta and Mr. Siddhant Verma, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The petitioners, who are the accused persons in FIR bearing no. 53/2022, registered at Police Station RK Puram, Delhi, have preferred this revision petition assailing the order dated 24.07.2024 [hereafter „impugned order‟] passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (SFTC), Patiala House Court, New Delhi [hereafter „Sessions Court‟] whereby charges have been framed against the petitioners for commission of offence punishable under Sections 376D/506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟]. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that the FIR was registered on 22.01.2022 on the basis of a written complaint filed by CRL.REV.P. 1320/2024 Page 1 of 11 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:17.10.2025 20:24:11 the prosecutrix, alleging that on 31.12.2020, while she was returning from her morning walk, she was approached by petitioner no. 3, her neighbour. He had allegedly persuaded her to accompany him to his house on the pretext of introducing her to his family members. Upon reaching there, petitioner no. 2, who was present in the house, had allegedly closed the main door, after which petitioner no. 3 had forcibly established sexual relations with her. It was further alleged that petitioner no. 2 had recorded a video of the incident and thereafter also committed rape upon her. Both of them had allegedly threatened to circulate the