MOHD. MUJAHID vs THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT) DELHI & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 11.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 16.03.2026 CRL.A. 1436/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 2101/2025 MOHD. MUJAHID .....Appellant versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT) DELHI & ANR. ..... Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Appellant : Mr. Adit S. Pujari, Adv. (DHCSLC) with Mr. Manvender Singh Shekhawat and Mr. Harshwardhan Puskin Sharma, Advs. For the Respondent : Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with Insp. Satbir Singh, PS Jaitpur CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT CRL.A. 1436/2025 1. The present appeal is filed challenging the judgment dated 23.07.2025 (hereafter ‘impugned judgment’) and order on sentence dated 31.07.2025 (hereafter ‘impugned order on sentence’), passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), Saket Courts, Delhi 2. By the impugned judgment, the learned ASJ convicted the appellant for the offences under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (‘POCSO Act’). 3. By the impugned order on sentence, the appellant was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 15 years for t