LAWS(DLH)-2024-5-33

STATE Vs. P.D.D.

Decided On May 14, 2024
STATE Appellant
V/S
P.D.D. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Respondent PDD (name withheld) was charged and tried for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault upon his own daughter and vide impugned judgment[1], he has been acquitted of all the charges.

(2.) Feeling aggrieved by the aforesaid judgment, State had filed petition seeking leave to appeal. Such petition was registered as Crl. L.P. 651/2019. Leave to appeal was granted on 6/10/2021 and resultantly, said petition was re-registered as Criminal Appeal No. 295/2021.

(3.) Simultaneously, the daughter of respondent, who would be referred to as victim in the present judgment, has also filed appeal against the same judgment. Her mother and brother are co-appellants. Their such appeal has been registered as Criminal Appeal No. 459/2020.