ALOK YADAV@AALOK YADEV vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 06.05.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 25.05.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 26.05.2026 CRL.A. 576/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 953/2025 ALOK YADAV@ AALOK YADEV .....Appellant Through: Mr. Durga Prasad Shukla, Advocate. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for State. Ms. Sanya Kumar (DHCLSC), with Mr. Harsh Jain & Mr. Chiranjeev Singh, Advocates for the victim. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The appellant has, by way of this appeal, assailed the judgment dated 15.02.2025 [hereafter ‗impugned judgment‘] and order on sentence dated 27.02.2025 [hereafter ‗impugned order on sentence‘], passed by the learned Additional Sessions Special Judge (FTSC) (POCSO), South-East District, Saket Courts, Delhi [hereafter ‗Trial Court‘], whereby he has been convicted in SC No. 119/2020, arising CRL.A. 576/2025 2. The FIR in the present case was registered on the basis of a written complaint lodged by the father of the victim child, alleging therein that in August 2017, he had come to Delhi along with his wife ‗K‘ and their minor daughter ‗S‘ (victim) in sear