JUDGMENT :

Ramesh Sinha, J.

1. This criminal appeal preferred under Section 374(2) of the CrPC is directed against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 10.03.2023 passed by the Additional District and Sessions Judge FTSC (POCSO Act), Balodabazar, Chhattisgarh in Special Criminal Case (POCSO) No. 44/2021, by which the appellant has been convicted for offences punishable U/s 506 of IPC and U/s 6 of the POCSO Act and sentenced him to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a term of 5 years and fine of Rs.500/-, in default of payment of fine additional Rigorous Imprisonment for 06 months and Life Imprisonment and fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default of payment of fine additional Rigorous Imprisonment for 01 year with a direction to run both the sentences concurrently.

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 04.06.2021, a written report was filed vide Ex.P-7 by the victim to the effect that the victim’s mother had gone to work with the children and the victim was alone at home, then at 11.30 a.m., the accused came back from work, he found the victim alone at ho