M.G. GIRATKAR, J.

1. This is an appeal against the Judgment of conviction by Sessions Court, Wardha in Special Case No.54 of 2014, dt.27.6.2016, by which the appellant is convicted for committing an offence under Section 5(n) punishable under Section 6 of Protection of Children from the Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months. The appellant is also convicted for the offence punishable under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/-, in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two months.

2. The case of prosecution, in short, is as under:

Appellant is step-father of victim. The victim was aged about 15 years. She was studying in 7th Std at the time of incident in the year 2013. She had started her menstrual periods. She told her friend Shubhangi about the same. She also told about this fact to appellant/her step-father. Her mother died when she was 1½ years old. She was the only person, residing with her step-father in a rented house. When she disclosed to