PANKAJ vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 06.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 12.01.2026 CRL.A. 192/2025 and CRL.M.(BAIL) 330/2025 PANKAJ .....Appellant Through: Mr. Abhinav Bajaj, Mr. Saksham Ojha, Ms. Geetashi Chandna and Ms.Priya Fandon, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In this appeal filed under Sections 415(2) and 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the appellant, the sole accused, in S.C. No. 932/2017 on the file of the Special Court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, challenges the conviction entered, and sentence passed against him for the offences punishable under 2. The prosecution case is that on 03.11.2017 between 07:30 PM and 08:00 PM near Sati Mandir, Aram Bagh, Paharganj, the appellant/accused committed rape/aggravated penetrative sexual assault on PW3 and PW4, who were aged about seven years and six years respectively. On the next day, i.e., 04.11.2017, a PCR call was received at Police Station Paharganj vide DD No. 14A, Ex