COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION vs STATE AND ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 05.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 04.04.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 04.04.2026 CRL.REV.P. 691/2024 COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Aasha Tiwari, Advocate/ Amicus Curiae with Mr. Puneet Narula, Advocate. Versus STATE AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Anubha Bhardwaj, SPP for CBI along with Ms. Anchal Kashyap and Mr. Vijay Misra, Advocates. Mr. Nitin Chaudhary and Mr. Abhishek Singh, Advocates for R-2. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT Index to the Judgment INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 2 FACTUAL BACKGROUND .................................................................. 3 SUBMISSIONS BEFORE THE COURT ............................................. 6 ANALYSIS & FINDINGS ..................................................................... 8 CRL.REV.P. 691/2024 1. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed by one Tulir Charitable Trust, assailing the order dated 01.09.2023 [hereafter ‗impugned order‘] passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Special Court-POCSO), Shahdara District, Karkardooma