MANOJ KUMAR vs STATE

Judgment text excerpt

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of reserving: 14th May 2026. Date of Decision: 20th May 2026. IN THE MATTER OF: + CRL.A. 703/2008 MANOJ KUMAR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sunita Arora, Adv. (DHCLSC) with Appellant-in-person. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with Ms. Kalpana Jha and Mr. Siddharth Shankar Jha, Advs. Ms. Megha Singh, Advocate for prosecutrix. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV JUDGMENT VIMAL KUMAR YADAV, J. 1. A routine early morning visit to the fields to bring fodder for the cattle proved nightmarish to the victim, inasmuch as while she was coming back with her fodder, she was waylaid by the Appellant on the morning of 10th September 2001 and sought sexual favours from her. The refusal of the victim was not taken by the Appellant in right spirit and he forcibly dragged her into the crop of ‘Jowar’ and attempted to rape her. However, the victim was fortunate enough that she despite being cornered in a ‘Jowar’ field, assaulted by tooth bites and slaps etc., could save herself as a labourer / neighbour appeared on the scene, which dissuaded and deterred the Appellant, who ran away leaving the victim. The victim came back home Signature Not Verified CRL.A. 703/2008 Manoj Kumar vs. State (NCT of Delhi) Page 1 of 15 Signed By:PRIYA Signing Date:21.05.2026 16:30:51 and narrated the incident to one of the cousins of her husband namely, Neel Daman in the presence of her mother-in-law. The matter was reported to the police and that resulted into registration of FIR No. 330/2001 (Ex.PW-8/A) at Police Station Narela Industrial Area, under Section 354/506/324 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). After recording of the statement, victim was taken to the hospital and her medical examination