JUDGMENT

A.L. Dave, J.—The appellant came to be tried by Sessions Court, Bhavnagar for offences punishable under Sections 363, 366 read with Section 114, Section 376 read with Section 114 and Section 506(2) read with Section 114 of the Indian Penal Code (‘I.P.C.’ for short) along with co-accused Arvindbhai Anandbhai Khasiya in Sessions Case No.123 of 2007. At the end of the trial, co-accused Arvindbhai Anandbhai Khasiya came to be acquitted by the Sessions Court, and the present appellant came to be convicted for offences punishable under Sections 363, 366, 376 and 506(2), all read with Section 114 of the I.P.C. and sentenced as under:

2. The facts of the case, in brief, are that the appellant/co-accused happen to be distant cousins inter se and they also happen to be distant cousins of the father of the prosecutrix i.e. Shri Kanabhai Bachubhai Khasiya. The prosecutrix is the daughter of Kanabhai Bachubhai Khasiya and his wife Labhuben Kanabhai Khasiya. According to the prosecution case, the father of the prosecutrix, who is also the first informant and the appellant stay in their respective house, located in vicinity of each other. On 31.1.2007, mother of the prosecutrix noticed