CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 711/2009

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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CRL.A. 711/2009

Date of decision: 20^th September, 2010

LALIT KUMAR @ SONU ..... Appellant

Through Mr. Sumer Sethi, Advocate.

versus

STATE OF NCT OF DELHI ..... Respondent

Through Ms. Fizani Husain, APP for the

State.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA

1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be

allowed to see the judgment?

2. To be referred to the Reporter or not ?

3. Whether the judgment should be reported

in the Digest ?

JUDGMENT(ORAL)

1.

By the impugned judgment dated 1^st April, 2009, the appellant

Lalit Kumar @ Sonu has been convicted under Section 376 Part I of the

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as IPC, for short). By

the impugned order on sentence dated 13^th April, 2009, the appellant has

been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years and

directed to pay fine of Rs.2,000/- and in default of payment of fine to

undergo simple imprisonment of six months.

2. On the question whether the prosecutrix was subjected to rape on

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