IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.

Reserved On : March 09, 2026 Pronounced On : March 30, 2026 Sxxxxxx .... Appellant vs.

State of Haryana and another .... Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA.

HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR.

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Present : Mr. Sumit Singh, Advocate for the applicant-appellant (through VC)

Mr. Yuvraj Shandilya, AAG, Haryana.

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SUKHVINDER KAUR , J . :

1. Appellant/prosecutrix (name withheld) has preferred the instant appeal against judgment dated 14.08.2025, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Exclusive Court for Fast Tracking of Heinous Crime against Women), Karnal (hereinafter referred to as – the Trial Court), vide which respondent No.2/accused Julfkar @ Julfa has been acquitted in case FIR No.97 dated 19.05.2022, under Sections 376(2)(n) and

506 IPC, registered at Police Station Women, District Karnal.

2. Shorn off the unnecessary details, the brief facts, as per prosecution version is that on 19.05.2022, the appellant moved an application with the police, wherein it was stated that she was illiterate. The house of accused Julfkar was near to her house. He had been talking to her on phone since about a year. He