JUDGMENT :

Mridul Kumar Kalita, J.

1. Heard Ms. Nancy Lotha, learned counsel for the appellant. Also heard Ms. V. Suokhrie, learned Public Prosecutor, Nagaland.

2. This Criminal Appeal has been registered on filing of an appeal under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 by the appellant Sri Founder Chung, against the judgment dated 16.08.2019 delivered by the Court of learned Special Judge, Phek, in G.R. Case No. 103/2014 (Pfutsero P. S. Case No. 29/2014) whereby the present appellant was convicted under Section 354 A (1) (i) of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 511 of the Indian Penal Code and was sentenced, for the said offence, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for three months. He was also convicted under Section 340 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 511 of the Indian Penal Code and was sentenced, for the said offence, to undergo simple imprisonment for three months and to pay a fine of Rs.300/- and in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for one month. The sentences of imprisonment, imposed on the appellant