S. Muralidhar, J.

1. This appeal by, Anil Thakur, is directed against the impugned judgment dated 31st October 2015 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Special Fast Track Court), East, North East & Shahdara Districts, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi in Sessions Case No.95/13 arising out of FIR No.425/09 dated 26th November 2009, registered at Police Station (‘PS’) Shahdara, convicting him of the offences under Sections 376/302/201 Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’) and the order on sentence dated 26th November 2015 whereby the Appellant was sentenced to undergo

(i) imprisonment for life and a fine of Rs. 10,000 for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC and in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment (‘SI’) for a period of one month;

(ii) rigorous imprisonment (‘RI’) for ten years and a fine of Rs. 10,000 for the offence punishable under Section 376 IPC and in default of payment of fine, to undergo SI for a period of one month; and

(iii) RI for three years and a fine of Rs. 5,000 for the offence punishable under Section 201 IPC and in default of payment of fine, to undergo SI for a period of one month.

2. At the outset, it requires to be noticed that alon