AKHTAR HUSSAIN vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on :10.10.2025 Judgment pronounced on : 09.01.2026 + CRL.A. 442/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 768/2025 AKHTAR HUSSAIN ..... Appellant versus STATE NCT OF DELHI ..... Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Appellant : Mr. Devanand Prasad, Advocate. For the Respondent : Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with ASI Amrita, PS Sagarpur. Mr. Asheesh Jain, Senior Advocate (Amicus Curiae) with Mr. Adarsh Kumar Gupta, Mr. Vishal Gupta and Ms. Neha Yadav, Advocates. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal is filed against the judgment dated 11.07.2024 (hereafter ‘impugned judgment’) and order on sentence dated 13.02.2025 (hereafter ‘impugned order on sentence’) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), South East District, Signature Not Verified Signed By:DEEPANSHU Signing Date:09.01.2026 20:04:32 CRL.A. 442/2025 Page 1 of 20 Saket Courts, Delhi in SC No. 180/2015 and 1909/2016 arising out of FIR No. 737/2015 (‘FIR’). 2. By the impugned judgment, the learned ASJ convicted the appellant for the offence under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (‘POCSO Act’). By the impugned order on sentence, the learned ASJ sentenced the appellant to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 25 years and to pay a fine of ₹25,000/- for the offence under Section 4 of the POCSO Act. 3. Briefly stated, DD No. 5A dated 23.09.2015 was recorded at Police Station Jaitpur at about 12:15 AM pertaining to the rape of an eight-year-old girl who was also stated to be bleeding. After the receipt of the information, PCR reached the spot and took the victim to AIIMS Hospital in CATS Ambulance. The victim was thereafter examined wherein she reported the commi