RAJESH vs STATE

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 18.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 23.02.2026 CRL.A. 1168/2019 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 1501/2025 RAJESH .....Appellant Through: Ms. Aishwarya Rao and Ms. Mansi Rao, Advocates versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Sangeeta Malik. Mr. Himanshu Anand Gupta, Advocate for DSLSA with Ms. Mansi Yadav, Mr. Sidharth Barua, Mr. Shekhar Anand Gupta, Mr. M. Desai, Ms. Navneet Kaur and Ms. Shivani Rampal, Advocates Ms. Gayatri Nandwani, Ms. Mudita Sharda and Mr. Adrian Abbi, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In this appeal filed under Section 374(2) read with Section 383 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (the Cr.P.C.), the sole accused in Sessions Case No.787/2017 on the file of the 2. The prosecution case is that during the period from April 2016 till the intervening night of 25.06.2017-26.06.2017 at D-32, Sewak Park, Dwarka Mor, Delhi, the accused repeatedly committed penetrative sexual assault on PW1, his daughter. 3. Based on Exhibit PW1/A FIS of PW1, dated 26.06.2017, Crime No.423/2017, Bindapur Police Station, that is Ext. PW11/