MANOJ vs STATE

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 16.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 25.02.2026 CRL.A. 352/2017 and CRL.M.(BAIL) 8093/2020 MANOJ .....Appellant Through: Mr. Azhar Qayum, Advocate. Versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Lokesh Kumar, PS - Govindpuri. Mr. Anindya Malhotra, Mr. Shaurya Lamba and Ms. Ishita Sehrawat, Advocates for the prosecutrix. CRL.A. 887/2017 MUKESH .....Appellant Through: Mr. Rohan J. Alva, Advocate (DHCLSC). Versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Lokesh Kumar, PS - Govindpuri. Mr. Anindya Malhotra, Mr. Shaurya Lamba and Ms. Ishita Sehrawat, Advocates for the prosecutrix. CRL.A. 352/2017 & CRL.A. 887/2017 1. In these appeals filed under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Cr.P.C.), accused nos. 1 and 3 in Sessions Case No. 16/2013 and 2301/2016 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge- Special, Fast Track Court, Saket Courts, New Delhi assail the judgment dated 20.12.2016. By the said judgment, accused no. 1 (A1) has been convicted and sentenced for offences punishable under Sections 342, 323, 34, 376, 376(2)(g) read