Sonia Gokani, J.

This is an appeal under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, 'the Code'), against the judgment and order passed by the learned Special Judge, Sessions Court, Patan, Dated: 10.09.2015, rendered in Special POCSO Case No. 34 of 2015 (Old No. Sessions Case No. 22 of 2014), whereby, it convicted the appellant for the offence punishable Sections 363, 366, 376, 506(2) and 114 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3(a) and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012

2. The brief facts in the instant case are as under:

It is the case of the prosecution that the complainant-prosecutrix gave a complaint before the Patan Taluka Police Station on 25.03.2013, wherein, she stated that, on 22.03.2013, there was a function, in the evening, at the house of her uncle, namely Rupsangji, where her entire family had gone and she alone had remained at home to feed the cattle. It is also her case that the appellant, namely Sanjay @ Chakaji Sovanji Thakor, intimated the complainant that he had come to pick her up as her p