JUDGMENT :

HARISH KUMAR, J.

Heard Mr. Iqbal Asif Niazi, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Abhimanyu Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The present appeal has been preferred by the sole appellant assailing the impugned judgment of conviction dated 11.04.2016 and order of sentence dated 12.04.2016 respectively passed by learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Darbhanga in Sessions Trial No. 306 of 2013, arising out of Simri P.S. Case No. 28 of 2013 whereby the appellant has been held guilty and convicted under Sections 376 , 302 and 201 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life for charge under Section 302 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE and to pay fine of Rs.20,000/-(twenty thousand) and in default of payment of fine to undergo R.I. for five years. Further sentenced to undergo for ten years for the charge under Section 376 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE and to pay fine of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) and in default of payment of fine to undergo R.I. for three years. The appellant further sentenced to undergo R.I. for seven years under Section 201 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE and to pay fine of Rs.5,000/-(five thousand) and in defau