A. V. RAVINDRA BABU
. – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent
ORDER :
This Criminal Revision Case, under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘the Cr.P.C’), is filed by the petitioner, who was the appellant (A-1) in Criminal Appeal No.37 of 2002, on the file of the Court of VI Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court), Narsapur (for short, ‘the learned Additional Sessions Judge’), challenging the judgment therein, dated 16.11.2004, where under the learned Additional Sessions Judge, dismissed the Criminal Appeal, confirming the conviction and sentence of the appellant under Section 451 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’) and modified the conviction and sentence from Section 376 R/w.511 IPC to that of Section 354 IPC and sentenced the appellant to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for two years for the offence under Section 354 IPC besides maintaining the fine imposed by the Assistant Sessions Judge, Narsapur (for short, ‘the learned Assistant Sessions Judge’) in S.C. No.109 of 20003, dated 14.02.2002.
2. The parties to this Criminal Revision Case will hereinafter be referred to as arrayed before the trial Court, for the sake of convenience.
3. Sessions Case No.109 of 2000 arose out
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