ALOK YADAV@AALOK YADEV vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * 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 Page 1 of 26 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:26.05.2026 15:01:43 out of FIR No. 21/2020, registered at Police Station Sarita Vihar, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 376/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter ‗IPC‘] and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 [hereafter ‗POCSO Act‘]. FACTUAL BACKDROP 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 search of employment. In Delhi, he had become acquainted with one Alok Yadav (the appellant herein) who had arranged private jobs for him and his wife, and thereafter they had started residin