S.M. Gavhane, J.

By this appeal, the appellant/accused has challenged the judgment and order dated 19.10.2000, passed by the Sessions Judge, Ahmednagar, in Sessions Case No.104 of 1997, thereby convicting and sentencing him for the following offences :

i. He was sentenced to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- or in default to suffer further simple imprisonment for a period of two months for the offence punishable under sections 376 read with section 511 of the Indian Penal Code (for short "the IPC").

ii. He was sentenced to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs.100/- or in default to suffer further simple imprisonment for a period of two weeks, for the offence punishable under section 3(1)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,1989 (for short "the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act").

iii. He was sentenced to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of three months and to pay fine of Rs.100/- or in default to suffer further simple imprisonment for a period of three weeks, for the offence punishable under section 506 of the IPC.

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