JUDGMENT :

K. Sreenivasa Reddy, J.

The appellant herein is the accused in Sessions Case No.59 of 2014 on the file of the VIII Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences against Woman, Nellore (hereinafter referred to, as ‘the Sessions Judge’).

2. Originally, the appellant herein and two others viz. T. Vamsi Krishna (hereinafter referred to, as ‘J1’) and G. Murali Manohar (hereinafter referred to, as ‘J2’) are alleged to have involved in the aforesaid offences. Since the said persons were juveniles-in-conflict-with-law, they were tried in accordance with the procedure contemplated under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

3. The appellant/accused was tried for the offences punishable under Sections 302 , 397, 307 and 449 read with 34 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 (for brevity ‘IPC’). Vide impugned Judgment, dated 06.02.2020, the learned Sessions Judge convicted the appellant/accused of the offences punishable under Sections 302 , 397, 307 and 449 read with 34 IPC and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven (07) years for the offence punishable under Section 397 IPC and to undergo imprisonmen