JUDGMENT

Mukta Gupta, J.—By the instant appeal, the appellant challenges the impugned judgment dated 25th March, 2015 whereby he has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 376 IPC in FIR No.142/2012 registered at PS Adarsh Nagar and the order on sentence dated 30th March, 2015 directing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years and to pay a fine of Rs10,000/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of three months.

2. Process of law was set into motion on 15th June, 2012 around 3:30 PM when DD No.16A was recorded by HC Ramesh Kumar, PW-2 informing that a 12 year old girl was found abandoned at Britannia Chowk, Ring Road, Jhuggi No.48, B-Block near Railway Line. After receiving the information SI Krishan Lal, PW-7 went to the spot where he met two ladies, that is, Smt.Gainda and Smt.Phoolmati, who produced the prosecutrix, original resident of West Bengal, and informed that the prosecutrix who appeared to be a minor was roaming around aimlessly in the Jhuggi cluster and therefore, they had given her shelter for the night. These ladies also informed that they tried to search for the parents of the girl but they were unable to und