INDERMEET KAUR, J.

1 This appeal is directed against the impugned judgment and order on sentence dated 05.7.2013 and 06.7.2013 respectively wherein the appellant stood convicted under Section 376 of the IPC. He has been sentenced to undergo RI for a period of 7 years and to pay a fine of Rs.20,000/-,in default of payment of fine to undergo SI for 15 days. Benefit of Section 428 of the Cr.P.C. has been granted to the appellant.

2. Nominal roll of the appellant has been requisitioned. As on date the appellant has undergone 5 years of incarceration which includes the remissions earned by him. His jail conduct has been satisfactory.

3. The version of the prosecution was disclosed in the statement of the prosecutrix recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. which had formed the basis of the FIR and which was to the effect that at about 4.00 p.m. in the afternoon on 26.4.2011 while she was playing outside her house the accused who was known to her had taken her to a poultry farm where, in a room he had committed rape upon her. She informed her father pursuant to which the present FIR had been registered. The victim was medically examined and her MLC was proved as Ex.PW-1/A. Statement of