JUDGMENT :

A.M. Badar, J.

1. By this appeal, appellant/convicted accused is challenging judgment and order dated 25th April 2018, passed by the learned Designated Court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred as 'POCSO' Act for the sake of brevity) Additional Sessions Judge, Solapur in Special Case No. 72 of 2015 thereby, convicting him of offences punishable under Sections 6, 8, 10 and 12 of POCSO Act as well as under Sections 376(2)(i), 376(2)(n), 363, 366-A of the Indian Penal Code. For the offence punishable under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, the appellant/convicted accused is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 15 years apart from direction to pay fine of Rs. 20,000/-, in default to undergo simple imprisonment for six months. For offences punishable under Section 8 of the POCSO Act the appellant/convicted accused is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 3 years, apart from direction to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/- and in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months. For offences punishable under Section 10 of the POCSO Act the appellant/convicted accused is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 5 years, apart from direction to pay fine of Rs. 4,000/- and in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months. For offences punishable under Section 12 of the POCSO Act the appellant/convicted accused is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year, apart from direction to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/- and in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months. No separate sentence came to be awarded to him for the offence punishable under Section 376(2) of the Indian Penal Code. For offences punishable under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, the appellant/convicted accused is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 2 years apart from direction to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/- and in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months. For offences punishable under Section 366-A of the Indian Penal Code, the appellant/convicted accused is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 4 years, apart from direction to pay fine of Rs. 3,000/- and in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months. Substantive sentences are directed to run concurrently.

2. Brief facts in brief, leading to the prosecution as well resultant conviction of the appellant/accused can be summarized thus:

(a) The victim of the crime in question is examined as PW1. She is female child born on 25th December 2000. She was residing alongwith her father PW2 Rajkumar and other family members at Sunil Nagar, Solapur and was taking education at Mahatma Vidyamandir in 9th Standard.

(b) According to the prosecution case, on 30th October 2015, the victim female child/PW1 was going to the school by walk. Appellant/convicted accused came on motorcycle and gave lift to her. When she sat on the motor-cycle, another boy sat behind her. When they reached the school, the teacher was punishing late comers. The appellant/convicted accused then kidnapped her with the aid of another boy sitting behind the victim female child/PW1. She was taken to the bus stand by threatening to kill her. At the bus stand the boy riding on pillion seat, went away. She was made to sit in the bus by the appellant/convicted accused under threats. Then by bus, they went to Railway station. By train she was taken to Hyderabad. There they stayed in the house.

(c) According to the prosecution case, appellant/convicted accused committed penetrative sexual assault on the victim at the tin shed at Chanda Nagar, Hyderabad for two days. Thereafter she was taken to Secunderabad at the house of one Sanjay Jadhav There also, the appellant/convicted accused committed penetrative sexual assault on her. Ultimately, Saifan, brother of appellant/convicted accused alongwith others came and the prosecutrix was taken under threats to MIDC police station, Solapur on 30th October 2015.

(d) In the meanwhile, on finding her f