Rajendra Chandra Singh Samant, J.

This appeal has been preferred against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 8.5.2015, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge (F.T.C.), Durg, District-Durg, Chhattisgarh, in Sessions Trial No.17/2014, convicting accused/appellant under Sections 363 & 366 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and sentencing him to undergo RI for 4 years & fine of Rs.1,000/-, RI for 4 years & fine of Rs.5,000/- and RI for 10 years & fine of Rs.5,000/-, with default clauses, respectively.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is this that Goukaran Sinha PW-3 lodged a missing report ExP-22A in police station Durg regarding missing of his daughter i.e. prosecutrix aged 14 years on 1.12.2013. During inquiry, the prosecutrix PW-1 was recovered from the custody of appellant on 4.12.2013 vide Ex.P-11. On the basis of statement given by the prosecutrix, it was found that the appellant had allured the prosecutrix with promise of marriage, then abducted and raped her. FIR Ex.P-18 was lodged registering offences against the appellant. During investigation, the prosecutrix and the