Darsi Venkata Rao, S/o. Advaiah vs State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by Public Prosecutor

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2025 Supreme(AP) 382

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATI
V.SRINIVAS, J
Darsi Venkata Rao, S/o. Advaiah – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by Public Prosecutor – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Sri N.Ravi Prasad, learned counsel.
For the Respondent: Miss P.Akhila Naidu, learned counsel

JUDGMENT :

V.Srinivas, J.

Assailing the judgment dated 29.07.2009 in Crl.A.No.23 of 2008 on the file of the Court of learned IV Additional Sessions Judge at Ongole, confirming the conviction and sentence imposed against the accused by the judgment dated 13.03.2008 in S.C.No.237 of 2007 on the file of the Court of learned Principal Assistant Sessions Judge at Ongole, for the offence under Section 354 of Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as “ IPC ”), the petitioner/accused filed the present criminal revision case under Section 397 r/w.401 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 .

2. The revision case was admitted on 04.08.2009 and the sentence imposed against the petitioner was suspended, vide orders in Crl.R.C.M.P.No.1772 of 2009.

3. The shorn of necessary facts are that:

i). P.W.1, who is the victim minor girl, is the daughter of P.W.3, who is residing at Hyderabad by doing coolie works, and residing in the house of her material aunt P.W.2. On 18.04.2007, when P.W.2 sent the victim to purchase the eggs, the accused came to her and asked her to board his cycle with an evil intention. On believing him, she boarded the cycle to proceed to the village. On the way, when they reached An