SHAKOTLA MISHRA vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

$~P-2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 05.05.2026 Pronounced on: 13.05.2026 Uploaded on: 13.05.2026 CRL.REV.P. 180/2026, CRL.M.A. 9218/2026 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 622/2026 SHAKOTLA MISHRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manish Yadav, Mr. Anurag Kumar Singh, Mr. Shashank Shekhar Chaurasia, Advocates. Versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP with ASI Raj Kumar. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. By way of this revision petition under Section 438 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”] (corresponding to Section 397 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [“CrPC”]) , the petitioner assails his conviction and sentencing under Section 509 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”], in proceedings arising from FIR No. 33/2018, dated 16.11.2018, registered at P.S. Metro Police Station Ghitorni. He was convicted by a judgment of the Magistrate’s Court dated 31.01.2023, and sentenced by order dated 05.02.2024, to imprisonment of six months and 2. The complainant, who was then aged 18 years 11 months, alleged that she was travelling on a metro train when another passenger pulled down the zipper of his trousers and exp