JUDGMENT :

Joymalya Bagchi, J.

(Taken up through video conferencing)

1. This Appeal is directed against the judgment dated 03.06.2019 passed by V Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences against Women, Guntur, in Sessions Case No. 211 of 2017, wherein the appellant/A. 1 was found guilty for the offences punishable under Sections 376(1) and 417 of Indian Penal Code (I.P.C.) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/-, in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of two months for the offence punishable under Section 376(1) I.P.C. He was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year for the offence punishable under Section 417 I.P.C. Both the sentences were directed to run concurrently.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is as follows:

The victim- PW. 1 was a student studying III year B-Tech (ECE) in Vignan University, Vadlamudi Village, while the appellant was pursuing II year B-Tech (Civil) in St. Mary's Engineering College, Narakoduru Village. Both belonged to the same village and it is alleged PW. 1 and the appellant used to meet at Gollamudipa