This Criminal Appeal is filed against the judgment dated 10.03.2015 passed in S.C.No.125 of 2010 on the file of the Sessions Court / Mahila Court (Fast Track Mahila Court), Thiruvallur. By the said judgment, the appellant/accused was convicted for the offence under Section 376 IPC and sentenced to undergo seven years rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.25,000/-, in default, to undergo one year simple imprisonment and he was also convicted for the offence under Section 417 IPC and sentenced to undergo one year rigorous imprisonment. The trial Court ordered the sentences imposed on the appellant/accused to run concurrently.

2. The case of the prosecution is as follows:

(a) P.W.1 / victim / de-facto complainant (Prabhavathy), aged about 26 years, was residing in Mannoor, Perumal Koil Street, Kadapakkam, Tiruvallur District. She is the daughter of P.Ws.2 and 3. P.W.1 was running a provisional shop in front of her house in her village. The appellant/accused is also residing in the same village and he used to go to the provisional shop of P.W.1 very often. Due to frequent visits by the appellant/accused to the said shop of P.W.1, they have developed close intimacy with