PARVEEN KUMAR vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 04.05.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 08.05.2026 CRL.A. 607/2023 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 588/2026 PARVEEN KUMAR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Shivek Trehan, Advocate (DHCLSC) with Ms. Manika Pandey, Advocate. versus STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) & ANR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State. Mr. Saurabh Kansal, Mr. Raghav Vij, Mr. Suraj K. Jha and Mr. Pratham Malik, Advocates for the complainant. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In this appeal filed under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (the Cr.PC) read with Section 383 Cr.PC, the sole accused in SC No. 23/2018 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge-07, (PoCSO), West District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, assails the judgment dated 18.05.2023 and the order CRL.A. 607/2023 2. The prosecution case is that in the intervening night of 04.02.2018-05.02.2018 between 12 midnight and 12:30 A.M, at Vishal Property, D-5/193, Kanwar Singh Nagar, Delhi, the accused, kidnapped PW1, a minor boy, aged 16 years, wrongfully confined him at Khasra No. 19/10, Kamruddin Nagar road, Kanwar Singh Nagar, Delhi; volu