RAVI KUMAR vs STATE

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 03.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 29.01.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 29.01.2026 + CRL.A. 1384/2010 RAVI KUMAR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Mukesh Singh and Mr. Ramashish Yadav, Advocates. versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for State with SI Pinky. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present appeal, the appellant seeks setting aside of the judgment of conviction dated 09.11.2010 and order on sentence dated 10.11.2010, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-02, South, Saket Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Trial Court‟] in case FIR bearing no. 205/2008, registered at Police Station Vasant Kunj, Delhi, for offence punishable under Sections 366/376/506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟]. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 2. The brief facts of the case are that the present FIR came to be CRL.A. 1384/2010 Page 1 of 12 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:29.01.2026 19:27:05 registered on 25.04.2008 at P.S. Vasant Kunj, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 363/366/376/506 of IPC, wherein it was alleged that in the intervening night of 24- 25.04.2008, a PCR call was received vide DD No. 5B and the same was marked to ASI Dharmapal, but later handed over to W/SI Sushila for necessary action. The police officials had reached the spot pursuant to receipt of call. The prosecutrix, in her statement, alleged that on 24.04.2008 at about 9:30 PM, she was going to attend nature‟s call, and the present appellant Ravi had stopped his car and had forcibly made her sit in his car. Thereafter, he had taken her to B- 1, Jal Board. After taking her there, the accused had r