The non-examination of the victim and the requirement for proper evidence were central legal points established in the judgment.

Heard learned counsel for the appellant as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor.

2. Instant appeal has been preferred by sole appellant/convict Raju Bhant @ Sirajuddin against the judgment of conviction dated 22.01.2015, order of sentence dated 23.01.2015 passed by the Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Araria in Sessions Trial No.93 of 2013, Computer No.0001790/13, Trial No.166/14 whereby and whereunder he has been found guilty for an offence punishable under Section 363A of the I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years as well as fined of Rs.5,000/-, under Section 377 of the I.P.C. sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and in likewise manner, fined of Rs.5,000/- and in default thereof, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year additionally, under Section 24 of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment of three years as well as fined of Rs.2,000/-, under Section 26 of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000 sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment of three year as well as fined of Rs.2,000/- in default thereof, to undergo simple imprisonment for six months, additionally with a further direction to run the sentences concurrently.

3. PW-3, Saket Kumar Srivastav filed written report on 10.05.2010 disclosing therein that he happens to be District Coordinator, D.D.W.S., Tip India Project, Araria. Suraj Kumar Gupta, Secretary, Madarsa Nari Utthan Kendra has informed him that a child aged about 10 years, who is disclosing his name as Rajna has met with him near his house weeping. On such information, he along with Subrat Kumar Sinha, Chairman, Village Development Samiti, Araria, Rajiv Kumar came to Araria on 08.05.2010 where they found a child at the house of Suraj Kumar Gupta. They enquired from the aforesaid child, who disclosed his name as Rajan, S/o Bhanu (Bhannu), mother’s name Sunita, resident of village-Rahpura, District-Katni. He also disclosed that Raju Bhant had lifted him from his house about a month ago and then thereafter, forced him to beg in the name of ‘ALLAH’ and for that, he was regularly maltreated. Today, he has brutally assaulted whereupon he ran from his house and hidden at a place as Raju was following him and during said course, he met with Suraj.

4. On the basis of the aforesaid written report, Araria P.S. Case No.205 of 2010 was registered under Section 363A of the I.P.C. whereupon investigation commenced and after concluding the same, chargesheet was submitted. During course of investigation, it is also apparent that alleged victim was examined under Section 164 of the Cr.P.C. as well as he was also medically examined. As the offences whereunder chargesheet was submitted, being exclusively triable by the Court of Sessions. Consequent thereupon, the case was committed and trial accordingly, commenced and concluded in a manner, the subject matter of instant appeal.

5. Defence, as is evident from the mode of cross-examination as well as from the statement recorded under Section 313 of the Cr.P.C. is that of complete denial as well as that of false implication. In order to substantiate the same, defence had also examined one DW.

6. From the record, it transpires that altogether seven PWs have been examined, who are PW-1, A.S.I. Kanhaiya Singh, PW-2 Subrat Kumar Sinha, PW-3 Saket Kumar Srivastav (Informant), PW-4 Suraj Kumar Gupta, PW-5 Pankaj Kumar (I.O.), PW-6, Rajiv Kumar and PW-7 Sukesh Kumar (formal witness) and in likewise manner, had also exhibited the document as Exhibit-1 series happen to be signatures of respective witnesses over written report, Exhibit-2 signature of informant over a petition filed before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Exhibit-3 signature of witness over permission petition, Exhibit-4 signature of I.O. over chargesheet, Exhibit-5 signature of witness over written report and Exhibit-6 signature of Judicial Magistrate over statement re