* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 04^th November, 2025

Pronounced on: 05th January, 2026

+ CRL.A. 51/2025, CRL.M.A. 1185/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 96/2025

DHARMENDRA KUMAR

S/o Late Shri Ram Kumar,

R/o Village Sariya Kanpur Nagar,

Shringar, Uttar Pradesh.

(Presently confined in Central Jail No. 4,

Tihar, New Delhi) .....Appellant

Through: Mr. Prateek Kumar, Ms. Ankita,

Mr. Prassant Kumar Sharma and Mr. Chetan Charitra, Advocates.

versus

THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

Through the SHO

Police Station Budh Vihar, New Delhi. .....Respondent

Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State.

Ms. Tanya Agarwal (DHCLSC) and Mr. Krishna Kumar Keshav,

Advocates for Complainant.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

J U D G M E N T

NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J.

1. Appeal under Section 415(2) read with Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as „BNSS‟) has been filed against the Judgment of Conviction dated 09.07.2024 and Order on Sentence dated 21.08.2024 passed by learned ASJ, whereby the Appellant has been held guilty of offence under Section 9(m) punishable under Section

10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as