JUDGMENT :

1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The instant criminal appeal is preferred on behalf of the appellant against impugned Judgment of Conviction dated 29th January, 2011 and Order of Sentence dated 3rd February, 2011 passed by the learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Hazaribag in Sessions Trial No.443 of 2008, whereby the appellant has been convicted for the offence under Section 366 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code. The appellant has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 8 years along with fine of Rs.10,000/- for the offence under Section 376 of the I.P.C. and in default of payment of fine he was further directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 6 months. Further the appellant was directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 6 years along with fine of Rs.5,000/- and in default of payment of fine he was directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for four months for the offence under Section 366 of I.P.C. Both the sentences were directed to run concurrently.

3. The brief facts of the prosecution case leading to this criminal appeal are that the informant – Kailash Thakur gave the information with the police stati