MANOJ @ MONU vs STATE

Judgment text excerpt

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of reserving Judgment: 27th February, 2026 Date of decision: 06th April, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF: + CRL.A. 435/2012 MANOJ @ MONU .....Appellant Through: Mr. Nitin Saluja (DHCLSC) with Ms. Shivani Luthra Lohiya Mr. K.S Jaggi & Ms. Pranya Madan, Advs. versus STATE .....Respondents Through: Ms.Kiran Bairwa, APP for the State for R-1. Ms.Astha, Advocate for the prosecutrix (DHCLSC) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV JUDGMENT VIMAL KUMAR YADAV, J. 1. Appellant Manoj @ Monu was convicted under section 376(2)(g) and 506 Indian Penal Code (IPC) and was sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for a period of 10 years and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- under section 376(2)(g) IPC and to further undergo Simple Imprisonment (SI) for a period of 3 months, in default of payment of fine. Appellant was further sentenced to under RI for a period of 01 year under section 506 IPC. 2. Aggrieved by the aforesaid judgment dated 18.08.2011 and sentence dated 23.08.2011, the instant appeal has been preferred. 3. Before adverting into the details of the grounds taken to assail the Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRIYA CRL.A. 435/2012 Page 1 of 11 Signing Date:07.04.2026 14:22:15 judgment, the indispensable facts are required to be looked into. 4. The Appellant and the victim both are residents of the same vicinity and knew each other, prior to the incident. According to the victim, the Appellant intended to marry her, but his proposal was rejected by the victim. 5. On 10.09.2007 at about 9:00 pm, while the victim was coming from Monday Bazar (Som Bazar), she found Appellant and two other persons Sonu and Golu, whose names were revealed later, standing on her way and were talking, mocking and pointing out towards the victim. Apprehendi