1. The accused is the appellant.

2. This appeal is directed against the conviction and sentence imposed in S.C.No.85 of 2016 on the file of the District and Sessions Judge, Mahila Fast Track Court, Erode, ordering the accused to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for 10 years and also to pay a fine of Rs.50,000/-, in default, to undergo further period of 2 years Simple Imprisonment for the offence under Section 306 IPC and further directed the said fine amount shall be paid to P.W.2/mother of the victim.

3. The facts necessary for the disposal of the appeal, are as follows :-

[i]. Manivannan-P.W.1 and Lakshmi-P.W.2 are the father and mother respectively of the deceased Shanthini. The deceased was a second year student in E.I.T. Polytechnic College at Gownthapadi. Murugesh-P.W.3 and Balusamy-P.W.4 were in the same class at the College. The appellant/Balaarasu was working as a Teacher in the said College.

[ii] On 07.03.2011, at about 11.00 a.m., when the appellant was giving lecture in the class, he found the deceased / Shantini chatting with another student sitting by her side. As the deceased was not listening attentively, the accused scolded her, slapped her, threw her bag and s