Ravinder Singh vs State Govt. of NCT of Delhi

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2023 Supreme(SC) 409

ABHAY S. OKA, SANJAY KUMAR
Ravinder Singh – Appellant
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State Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Sudhir Naagar, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Ms. Sonia Mathur, Sr. Adv. Mr. Simranjeet Singh Saluja, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Chandra Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR

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JUDGMENT :

Sanjay Kumar, J.

1. Convicted and sentenced for the dastardly and most depraved of offences – the rape of his own 9-year-old daughter, the appellant is before this Court.

2. By judgment dated 18.02.2013 in Sessions Case No. 01 of 2013, the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Special Fast Track Court), Dwarka Courts, New Delhi, held the appellant guilty under Sections 376, 377 and 506 IPC. By order of sentence dated 23.02.2013, the appellant was imposed with imprisonment for life under Section 376 IPC and payment of fine of Rs.25,000/-; imprisonment for life under Section 377 IPC and payment of fine of Rs.25,000/-; and rigorous imprisonment for 2 years under Section 506 IPC along with payment of fine of Rs.10,000/-. Default in payment of fines entailed further periods of imprisonment. In addition thereto, the learned Additional Sessions Judge directed that the appellant should not be given any clemency by the State before he spent at least 20 years in jail. In appeal, a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court up

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