RAMESH @RAMESHWAR LOHRA vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on:15.09.2025 + CRL.A. 117/2023 RAMESH @RAMESHWAR LOHRA .....Appellant Through: versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Appellant : Mr. Faraz Maqbool (DHCLSC), Ms. Sana Juneja & Ms. Deepshikha, Advs. For the Respondent : Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for the State SI Sangeeta, PS- SB Dairy Ms. Kaadambari Singh, Sr. Adv. (Amicus Curiae) with Ms. Sushmita Srivastava, Adv. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT CRL.M.(BAIL) 152/2023 (for suspension of sentence) in CRL.A. 117/2023 1. The present application is filed seeking suspension of the appellant’s sentence in the present case. 2. On 01.03.2015, information was received regarding a rape and thereafter, FIR No. 283/2015 was registered at Police Station Shahbad Dairy on the statement of the victim alleging that the appellant had Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR CRL.A. 117/2023 Page 1 of 11 Signing Date:17.09.2025 17:20:20 forcibly made sexual relations with her. It is alleged that around three years prior to registration of the FIR, the victim had come to the house of her cousin and sister-in-law, whereafter, she was taken by the appellant to his house on the pretext of taking care of the appellant’s children. However, soon afterward, the appellant got the victim a job at the house of a lady–Simran in Ludhiana. After working in Ludhiana for three years, it is alleged that the appellant came to pick the victim on 27.02.2015 at about 5PM. It is alleged that the appellant took the victim to a dhaba near bus stand at Jalandhar where he raped her. When the victim allegedly started crying, the appellant threatened the victim with dire consequences if she raised any alarm. It is alleged that on