KAILASH GAMBHIR, J.

1. By this appeal filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (hereinafter referred to as Cr.P.C), the appellant herein seeks to challenge the impugned judgment and order on sentence dated 19.12.2009 and 18.01.2010, passed by the Court of Ld. Additional Sessions Judge-01, West, Delhi, thereby convicting the appellant for committing an offence under Section 376 IPC and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life together with fine in the sum of Rs. 50,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year.

2. In ancient times an individual’s acts were driven by self-righteousness based on morals and values he imbibed. Treading on the path of precedents these morals and values took the form of laws. Sadly over the years these very morals started deteriorating and need arose for more and more stringent laws in order to maintain law and order and to govern the human behaviour. Shockingly in recent years the crime growth of rape cases has increased to an alarming proportion giving an impression that there is no deterrence, despite rape laws have been made stringent through th