IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

% Judgment reserved on :10.10.2025

Judgment pronounced on : 09.01.2026

+ CRL.A. 442/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 768/2025

AKHTAR HUSSAIN ..... Appellant

versus

STATE NCT OF DELHI ..... Respondent

Advocates who appeared in this case:

For the Appellant : Mr. Devanand Prasad, Advocate.

For the Respondent :Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State

with ASI Amrita, PS Sagarpur.

Mr. Asheesh Jain, Senior Advocate (Amicus Curiae) with Mr. Adarsh Kumar Gupta, Mr. Vishal Gupta and Ms. Neha Yadav,

Advocates.

CORAM

HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN

JUDGMENT

1. The present appeal is filed against the judgment dated 11.07.2024 (hereafter ‘impugned judgment’) and order on sentence dated 13.02.2025 (hereafter ‘impugned order on sentence’) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), South East District,

Saket Courts, Delhi in SC No. 180/2015 and 1909/2016 arising out of FIR No. 737/2015 (‘FIR’).

2. By the impugned judgment, the learned ASJ convicted the appellant for the offence under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (‘POCSO Act’). By the impugned order on sentence, the learned ASJ sentenced the appellant to undergo rigorous imprisonme