K vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 18.09.2025 CRL.A. 829/2025 K .....Appellant Through: Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Advocate (DHCLSC) versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for State along with SI Naresh Kumar, SP ACB. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The present case brings before this Court a mother who stands convicted for abetting the rape of her own minor daughter, and who now challenges that conviction. 2. The appellant has, by way of this appeal, assailed the judgment dated 15.02.2025 [hereafter „impugned judgment‟] and order on sentence dated 27.02.2025 [hereafter „impugned order on sentence‟], passed by the learned Additional Sessions Special Judge (FTSC) (POCSO), South-East District, Saket Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Trial Court‟] whereby she has been convicted in SC No. 119/2020 arising CRL.A. 829/2025 3. The FIR in the present case was registered on the basis of a written complaint lodged by the father of the victim child. He stated that in August 2017, he had come to Delhi along with his wife „K‟ (the appellant) and their minor daughter „S‟ (victim) in search