JUDGMENT

G. Narendar J.—Heard Sri.Veeranna G. Tigadi, learned counsel for the appellant and Sri.V.M.Sheelavant, learned SPP along with Sri.Vijaykumar Majage, learned Additional SPP for the respondent.

2. It is the case of the complainant that she is residing along with her husband and two children and that eldest child is son named Sunil and aged about 15 years and that the second child is a daughter aged about 12 years and we desire to name the victim and is referred to as Ms.A for the sake of convenience. Ms.A is studying in 6th Std and her husband is working as a Mason and she is working as a Coolie. The accused Venkateshappa, who belongs to Scheduled Caste was residing near their house and developed a close relationship with the complainant and her family. He used to often visit their house to play with their children and that the children used to address him as grand-father. That on 01.05.2018 when she had gone to do Coolie work and as children were alone at home, she returned home at 1.00 in the noon, she found the door of the house had been locked and when she called out, her son responded from inside the house and he asked her to open the door which was locked from outside