JUDGMENT

Debangsu Basak, J. - The appellant has assailed the judgement and order of conviction dated December 18, 2019 and the order of sentence dated December 19, 2019 passed in Sessions Trial No. 3 (12)/2015 Special POCSO case No. 44 of 2015 passed by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge Bench -II, City Sessions Court, Kolkata.

2. By the impugned judgement and order of conviction dated December 18, 2019, the appellant has been found guilty under Sections 4/8/12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. By the impugned order of sentence dated December 19, 2019, the appellant has been sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonments for varying periods for the offences he has been found guilty of. He has also been directed to pay fines of various amounts and in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment. All the sentences had been directed to run concurrently. The victim boy had been awarded compensation in final form of Rs. 50,000 under Section 357 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code and the State Legal Services Authority, Government of West Bengal had been directed to pay the compensation amount to the vi