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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

RESERVED ON : 2^nd FEBRUARY, 2016

DECIDED ON : 15^th FEBRUARY, 2016

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CRL.A.700/2006

RAKESH RANJAN VERMA

..... Appellant

Through :

Mr.Mohit K.Shah, Advocate.

versus

STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

..... Respondent

Through :

Mr.Tarang Srivastava, APP.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.P.GARG

S.P.GARG, J.

1.

Aggrieved by a judgment dated 01.08.2006 of learned Addl.

Sessions Judge in Sessions Case No.24/2006 arising out of FIR

No.454/2001 PS Kamla Market by which the appellant – Rakesh Ranjan

Verma was convicted for committing offences under Sections 376/342

IPC, the present appeal has been filed by him. By an order dated

04.08.2006, he was sentenced to undergo RI for seven years with fine

`10,000/- under Section 376 IPC and RI for one year with fine `1,000/-

under Section 342 IPC. Both the sentences were to operate concurrently.

2.

The case in brief as stated in the charge-sheet was that on the

night intervening 16/17.12.2001 at about 03.00 a.m. the appellant

committed rape upon the prosecutrix ‘X’ (changed name) after wrongfully

confining her at his jhuggi No.C-51/R-126, Thomson Road, Railway

Colony, Delhi. The p