JUDGMENT

G. Sri Devi, J.—This appeal is filed under Section 374 (2) of Cr.P.C. against the conviction and sentence imposed against the appellant/accused in S.C.No.27 of 2016 on the file of the I-Additional Sessions Judge, Karimnagar. The appellant/accused was tried for the offences punishable under Section 376 (2) (I) of I.P.C. and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The trial Court found the accused guilty of the said offences and since the punishment envisaged in both the offences is one and the same, the trial Court sentenced the appellant/accused to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a period of Ten years and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for six months.

2. In brief, the case of the prosecution is that on 04.08.2015 at about 10.00 A.M., P.W.1 lodged a complaint stating that on 03.08.2015 she went to coolie work by keeping her husband in their house to take care of their younger daughter, Bukkala Komalatha, (hereinafter referred to as “the victim”), who is deaf and dumb and also mentally challenged, and when she returned home at 6.30 P.M., she found the victim was sitting in front of the house of one Buchi M