XXX vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 20.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 23.01.2026 CRL.A. 313/2023 XXX .....Appellant Through: Mr. Nitin Saluja and Ms. Kanishka Bhati, Advocates (DHCLSC) versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State. SI Vikram Singh, P.S. Welcome. Mr. Himanshu Anand Gupta and Mr. Karan Jain, Advocates for Victim. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In this appeal filed under Section 374(2) read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1908, (the Cr.PC) the appellant, the sole accused, in SC No. 424 of 2021 on the file of the Sessions Court, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi, assails the judgment dated 30.11.2022 as per which he has been convicted and sentenced for the offence punishable under Section 376 (2)(f) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (the IPC). 2. The prosecution case is that on 16.03.2021 at about 1:00 PM at H.No. 101, G-Block Gali No.1, Janta Majdoor Colony, New Delhi, the appellant/accused in a drunken state, forcibly removed the clothes of PW1, his mother, and committed digital rape on her. Hence, as per the final report/chargesheet,