FAIZAAN TAK vs THE STATE N.C.T. OF DELHI AND ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 13.03.2026 CRL.A. 1031/2024 and CRL.M.A. 21912/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 232/2026 FAIZAAN TAK .....Appellant Through: Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Advocate versus THE STATE N.C.T. OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT (ORAL) CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. CRL.M.(BAIL) 232/2026 1. This application under Section 430(1) read with Section 530 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (the BNSS), has been filed on behalf of the sole accused in CIS No. 7088/2016 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge (Special Court - Rape Cases), South District, Saket Courts, New Delhi, seeking suspension of sentence. As per the impugned judgment dated 2. The prosecution case is that on 01.08.2015, the accused criminally trespassed into the room of PW1 with the intent to rape her and subsequently committed rape upon her. 3. It was submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant/accused that, this was a case of consensual relationship. PW1 in her cross-examination, admitted that she had shared her 2015. The inordinate delay of seven days has not been explained