Delhi court convicts man for raping 4-year-old girl, causing grievous injuries

A Delhi court has convicted a man for kidnapping and raping a four-year-old girl, saying that the child suffered brutal and life-threatening injuries that could only have been caused by penetrative sexual assault.

Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat was hearing a case against Sunny Kumar, who was accused under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 137(2), 64, and the POCSO Act for kidnapping, rape, and aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a child below 12 years of age.

In an order dated April 30, the court said, “Accused Sunny Kumar is held liable for the offence of kidnapping, rape with grievous injuries to the female victim under 12 years of age, and also for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault, provided under Sections 137(2), 64(2)(l), 65(2) BNS and Section 6 POCSO Act.”

According to the prosecution, the incident took place on November 17, 2025, when the accused allegedly took the child near a temple area and sexually assaulted her before dropping her back near her home. The victim was later taken to the hospital after severe injuries were noticed.

The court noted that the victim, aged four years and eight months at the time of the incident, suffered grievous internal injuries.

“It is also pertinent to mention that the victim was a child of just 04 years and 08 months, and these kinds of brutal injuries are life-threatening for such a small child,” the court said.

Relying on medical evidence, the court observed that the injuries were “possible only through a penetrative act” and could not have been caused by a fall on an object, as claimed by the defence.

“Although the accused was having implied consent of the victim’s parents/guardians for taking the victim to the shop, as generally the accused used to take the victim to the shop for chips, biscuits, chocolate, etc., but the said consent was only for taking the victim to the shop and not for the above-mentioned misdeeds,” the judge said.

The judge also relied upon DNA evidence and CCTV camera footage produced by the prosecution.

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The forensic report detected the accused’s semen on the victim’s clothes and the victim’s blood on the accused’s clothes.

The CCTV camera footage, which was found unaltered by the forensic laboratory, showed the accused with the child near a shop shortly before she was returned home.

The court held that the testimony of the child victim was reliable and truthful regarding both the assault and the identity of the accused.

“The prosecution has duly proved its case beyond any reasonable doubt,” the court said while convicting the accused.

The judge also observed that the child remained hospitalised for 17 days after undergoing surgery and that the injuries sustained by such a young victim were life-threatening.