SANDEEP BEDWAL vs STATE

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 16.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on:24.03.2026 + CRL.A. 448/2020 & CRL.M.A. 1344/2026 &CRL.M.(BAIL) 1795/2025 SANDEEP BEDWAL .....Appellant Through: Mr. Akshay Bhandari, Ms. Megha Saroa, Mr. Kushal Kumar, Mr. Janak Raj Ambavat and Mr. Anmol Sachdeva, Advocates. versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for State with SI Pramod Kumar, Cyber Cell, Crime Branch. Mr. Faraz Maqbool, Ms. Sana June and Ms. A. Sahitya Veena, Advocates (DHCLSC) for respondent no. 2. + CRL.A. 413/2020 GEETA ARORA @ SONU PUNJABAN .....Appellant Through: Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Senior Advocate with Mrs. Preeti Pahwa, Ms. Neena Nagpal, Mr. Malak Bhatt, Mr. A. Singh Rawat, Mr. Jasmeet S. Chadha, Ms. Priyal Jain and Ms. Nishta Juneja, Advocates. versus THE STATE (NCT) OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for State with SI Pramod Kumar, Cyber Cell, Crime Branch. Signature Not Verified Signed By:KOMAL CRL.A. 448//2020 & CRL.A. 413/2020 Page 1 of 71 DHAWAN Signing Date:24.03.2026 14:51:49 CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In these appeals filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Cr.PC.), the appellants/accused persons, 2 in number, in S.C. No. 190/2018 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge-04 (PoCSO), South-West, Dwarka Courts, New Delhi, assail the judgment dated 16.07.2020 and order on sentence dated 22.07.2020. Vide the impugned judgment and order on sentence, accused no. 1 (A1) has been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 363, 366, 366A, 370, 372, 376, and 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (the IPC) and accused no. 2 (A2) has been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 366A, 370, 372, 373, 328, 342