Crl.A. 751/2014

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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CRL.A. 751/2014

CHANDER SINGH

..... Appellant

Represented by:

Mr. Biswajit Kumar Patra,

Adv.

versus

STATE

..... Respondent

Represented by:

Ms. Rajni Gupta, APP for the

State with SI Uma Dutt, PS

Mangol Puri.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MUKTA GUPTA

MUKTA GUPTA, J.

1.

By the instant appeal, the appellant Chander Singh challenges the

impugned judgment dated 17^th December, 2013 whereby he has been

convicted for the offence defined under Section 9(k), punishable under

Section 10 of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2002

(in short the POCSO Act) in FIR No.80/2013 registered at PS Mangol Puri

and the order on sentence dated 18^th December, 2013 directing him to

undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six years and fine of `5,000/-

in default whereof to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of three

months.

2.

The prosecution case in brief is that on February 09, 2013 at about

7.28 PM, PW12 HC Laxman Singh was handed-over DD No.18, Ex.PW-

12/A informing that a boy was kidnapping a girl and the said boy was

apprehended by the caller at