JUDGMENT ON BOARD

Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.—This criminal appeal under Section 374(2) of CrPC has been preferred by the appellant herein against the impugned judgment dated 06/02/2014 passed by learned Special Judge, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Jashpur in Special Case No. 33/2013 whereby he has been convicted for offences punishable under Section 376(2)(i) of IPC (omitted by Amendment Act 22 of 2018 w.e.f. 21/04/2018), Section 6 read with Section 5(i/k/m) of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (in short, ‘Act of 2012’), and Section 3(i)(xii) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (in short, ‘Act of 1989’) and sentenced to undergo R.I. for 14 years with fine of Rs. 50000/- in default of payment of fine additional R.I. for 2 years and R.I. for 5 years with fine of Rs. 5000/- in default of payment of fine additional R.I. for 1 year, respectively, directing both the sentences to run concurrently.

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 22/04/2013 at about 3 PM at Village Ghumra, Bhursapara within the ambit of Tapkara Police Station, the appellant herein committed sex