R. Subbiah, J.

1. The appellant in Criminal Appeal (MD) No. 239 of 2017 is the first accused in S.C. No. 60 of 2015 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Fast Track Mahila Court, Virudhunagar at Srivilliputhur. The appellant in Criminal Appeal (MD) No. 498 of 2017 is the second accused in the very same Sessions Case. The first accused stood charged for the offences punishable under Section 377, 450, 302 of IPC and Sections 5 (1) read with Section 6 of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (in short 'POSCO'). The second accused stood charged for the offences punishable under Section 212 and 302 read with Section 109 of IPC. After conclusion of trial, both the accused were convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment as tabulated hereunder:-

  

Provision of law	Period of sentence	Fine
First Accused   Section 377 of IPC       Section 450 of IPC         Section 302 of IPC       Section 5 (1) read with Section 6 of POSCO Act	To undergo imprisonment life       To undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years     To undergo imprisonment for life     To undergo imprisonment for life	Rs. 25,000/- failing which to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year   Rs. 10,000/- failing which to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months     Rs. 50,000/- failing which to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year   Rs. 25,000/- failing which to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year
Second Accused   Section 302 read with Section 109 of IPC	To undergo imprisonment for life	Rs. 50,000/- failing which to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year

2. The sentences imposed against the first accused for the offences under Sections 377, 450 and 302 of IPC were ordered to run concurrently, however, the sentence imposed for the offences under Section 5 (1) and Section 6 of POSCO Act was ordered to run consecutively. The trial court also ordered that the total fine amount of Rs. 1,10,000/- imposed on the first accused shall be paid to PW 1 and PW 2, parents of the deceased, as contemplated under Section 357 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, either before an appeal is preferred or such appeal is concluded

3. The case of the prosecution could succinctly be stated as follows:-

(i) The deceased in this case is Baskaran and he was studying VIII Standard in Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Pandalkudi, at the time of occurrence. PW 1 is the father, PW 2 is the mother and PW 3 is the sister of the deceased. PW 3, sister of the deceased, was also studying in the same school along with her brother (deceased). The deceased used to go to the school by travelling in the Government bus. The first accused was a school dropout. When the first accused was studying in the school, where the deceased was studying, the first accused indulged in acts of fellatio whereby he forced the deceased to indulge in unnatural oral sex with him to give vent to his pent up lust. After the first accused dropped out from the school, in the year 2013, during summer vacation, the first accused made the deceased to indulge in such acts of unnatural oral sex with him. On 02.08.2013, for the purpose of making the deceased to repeat such unnatural oral sex with him to give vent to his carnal desires, the first accused had taken the deceased and four other boys to Tiruchendhur, where, the first accused made the deceased to perform such obscene acts of oral sex with him behind a boat. Such act of unnatural sex the fir