The sole accused in the Sessions case in S.C. No. 127 of 2007 on the file of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Cuddalore is the appellant.

2. In the said Court, he was tried for an offence under Section 366-A I.P.C.

3. After trial, the trial Court found him guilty under Section 363 I.P.C. and sentenced him to 5 years R.I.

4. The case of the prosecution briefly runs as under:

(1) In Cuddalore District, in Vadalur Taluk, in Mettukuppam, Ramalinga Vallalar International Charitable Trust, runs an Ashram. In this, poor children are provided boarding and lodging. It is being administered by Sivaprakasa Swamigal. Its day-to-day affairs are being attended to by P.W.1.

(2) P.W.2, a 15 years old girl along with her two sisters stays in the said Ashram. They have no parents. They are studying in the nearby school.

(3) The said Trust provides free meals to the needy. The accused used to take free meals. On 9.1.2006, morning, Sivaprakasa Swamigal and P.W.1 had gone to Chidambaram. At about 12 noon, the accused told P.W.2 that Sivaprakasa Swamigal asked him to bring her to Chidambaram. So, P.W.2 went along with the accused. P.W.3 a servant in the Ashram seen this. He told