JUDGMENT :

Being highly aggrieved by the Judgment and Order, dated 11.06.2019, passed in POCSO Case No. 03/2017 (corresponding to G.R. Case No.308/2017 and Bokajan P.S. Case No.74/2017) by learned Special Judge, Karbi Anglong, Diphu whereby the present appellant, Sri Utpal Debnath, was convicted under section 363 of the Indian Penal Code as well as section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012 and was sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for 6(six) months under section 363 of the Indian Penal Code and Rigorous Imprisonment for 10(ten) years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/-in default Simple Imprisonment for 2(two) months under section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012, this appeal has been preferred under section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 by the above named appellant.

2. The facts relevant for adjudication of this appeal, in brief, are as follows:-

(i) That on 01.05.2017, the informant Sri Haren Rajbongshi lodged an FIR before Officer-in-Charge of the Bokajan Police Station, inter alia, alleging that his daughter (hereinafter referred to as victim girl) has been kidnapped, by the accused Utpal Debnath (present appellant), at about 8:00 A.M., on the same day and the whereabouts of his