JUDGMENT :

A.C. Rao, J.

1. By way of preferring the present Criminal Appeal under Sec. 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the appellant herein-original accused No. 1 has challenged the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by the Additional Sessions Judge & Special Judge (P.O.C.S.O.), Rajkot, in Sessions (P.O.C.S.O.) Case No. 206 of 2013 dated 29-12-2017, by which the Sessions Judge convicted the appellant-original accused No. 1 for the offences punishable under Secs. 363, 366 and 376 of Indian Penal Code ("I.P.C." for short). The Sessions Judge also convicted the appellant-accused No. 1 for the offences punishable under Secs. 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 ("P.O.C.S.O. Act" for short).

For the offence punishable under Sec. 363 of Indian Penal Code, the Sessions Judge sentenced the appellant-accused No. 1 to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of five years with fine of Rs. 5,000/- and in default to make payment of fine, directed to undergo further simple imprisonment for a period of two months.

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