NAVDEEP @ SONU vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI )

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 16.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 24.03.2026 CRL.A. 23/2025 and CRL.M.(BAIL) 44/2025 NAVDEEP @ SONU .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sudarshan Rajan (DHCLSC) and Mr. Hitain Bajaj, Advocates. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State. CRL.A. 47/2025 and CRL.M.(BAIL) 87/2025 KRISHAN .....Appellant Through: Mr. Shivek Trehan (DHCLSC) and Ms. Manika Pandey, Advocates. versus THE STATE (GOVT.OF NCT) DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In these appeals filed under Section 415(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (the BNSS), accused nos. 1 and 2 (A1 and A2) in Sessions Case No. 407/2018 on the CRL.A. 23/2025 and connected matter 2024. By the said judgment, the accused persons have been convicted and sentenced for the offences punishable under Section 377 read with Section 34of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (the IPC) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, 2012 (the PoCSO). 2. The prosecution case is that for about one year prior to 23.06