CRL.A. 510/2018

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Judgment reserved on: 11.07.2018

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Judgment delivered on: 07.08.2018

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CRL.A. 510/2018

THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

..... Appellant

Through:

Mr. Rajesh Mahajan, ASC with Mr.

Rajat Katyal, APP with Insp. Ajay

Kumar, ASI Tuli Ram, PS Badarpur

versus

KHURSHEED

..... Respondent

Through:

Ms.

Mallika

Parmar,

Advocate

DHCLSC

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPIN SANGHI

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.S. TEJI

J U D G M E N T

VIPIN SANGHI, J.

1.

The State has preferred the present appeal upon grant of leave to assail

the judgment dated 24.11.2016 rendered by the learned Additional Sessions

Judge-01, South East District, New Delhi in Case No. 1808/ 16, Sessions

Case No. 209/ 13, arising out of FIR No. 369/ 2013 registered at Police

Station- Badarpur under Sections 376 IPC and Section 4 of the POCSO Act.

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2.

By the impugned judgment, the Trial Court has acquitted the

Respondent/ Accused- Khursheed, inter alia, on the premise that the

testimony of the prosecutrix was untrustworthy due to various improvements,

contradictions and inconsistencies