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2014 Supreme(Del) 2266

PRATIBHA RANI
Jongi @ Ravi – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared
For the Appellant:Inderjeet Sidhu, Advocate.
For the Respondent: Neeraj Kumar Singh, APP with SI Kuldeep Yadav, PS Connaught Place.

Judgement Key Points

Certainly. Based on the provided legal document, here are the key points summarized with references:

  • The judgment primarily interprets the provisions of the POCSO Act, focusing on the nature of the act committed and the appropriate section for conviction [judgement_subject].
  • The court analyzed the relevant sections of the POCSO Act, specifically Sections 7 and 11, which define sexual assault and sexual harassment, respectively [judgement_act_referred] (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) .
  • The case involved allegations of sexual assault against a young girl, with the conviction initially under Section 7 of the POCSO Act, which was later converted to Section 11 after analysis of the evidence [Fact of the Case][Finding of the Court] (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) .
  • The court emphasized that the primary evidence was the testimony of the child victim, supported by her medical examination and her capability to understand and narrate the incident (!) (!) (!) (!) .
  • It was observed that the FIR was recorded based on the statement of the child's father, who was not an eyewitness, and there were discrepancies between the father's account and the child's testimony, particularly regarding the use of a knife and injuries (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) .
  • The court noted the absence of medical evidence confirming the injuries alleged by the child, and the medical examination only indicated her age, not injuries from the incident (!) (!) .
  • The court found that the act of lifting the child's shirt could be categorized as sexual harassment under Section 11, rather than sexual assault under Section 7, leading to a reduction in the conviction and sentence (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) .
  • The sentence was accordingly reduced from three years to two years of imprisonment, with the fine of Rs. 5,000 maintained, and default imprisonment of seven days for non-payment of fine (!) (!) (!) .
  • The court considered the appellant's health condition and the period already served, ordering his immediate release upon completion of the sentence (!) .
  • The appeal was disposed of with the conviction converted to under Section 11 of the POCSO Act, and the order for release was issued accordingly (!) (!) .

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Judgment

Pratibha Rani, J.

1. Being aggrieved by his conviction under Section 354 IPC and Section 9 of POCSO Act, 2012 and the sentence awarded to him for the aforesaid offence, the Appellant has impugned the judgment and order on sentence dated 06.05.2013 by learned ASJ in Session Case No.30/2013.

2. The case of prosecution runs as under:-

On 16.1.2013 at 5.40 pm vide DD entry 25A, an information was received at P.S. Connaught Place about a person being mercilessly beaten in front of Khadi Bhawan, Connaught Place. The DD entry was assigned to SI Ram Babu, who reached the spot along with Constable Satender Pal. Baban Chauhan, the complainant, is father of the child victim, who made statement Ex.PW3/A against the Appellant, accusing him of outraging the modesty of his daughter aged about 10-11 years. He also stated that when her daughter raised alarm, the public persons present there started beating him and that incident had been narrated to him by his daughter. On the basis of statement of Ex.PW3/A, FIR was registered against the Appellant for committing the offence punishable under 354 IPC and Section 8 of POCSO Act, 2012.

The Appellant was charged for committing the offence punish
































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