JUDGMENT :

(Sushil Kukreja, J.)

1. The instant appeal filed under Section 374 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, lays challenge to the judgment/order of conviction/sentence dated 18.04.2018, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge (I), Shimla, Camp at Rohru, H.P., in Sessions Trial No. 6R/ 7 of 2013, whereby the appellant/accused/convict, (hereinafter referred to as “the accused”), was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years under Section 66E of the Information and Technology Act (hereinafter referred to as “IT Act”) and to pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000/-( rupees one lac) and in default of payment of fine to further undergo simple imprisonment for three months. The accused was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years under Section 67 of the IT Act and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,00,000/-(rupees one lac) and in default of payment of fine to further undergo simple imprisonment for two months. The accused was also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as “IPC”) and to pay a fine of Rs. 50,000/- (rupees fifty thousand) and in