The petitioner is the sole accused in C.C.No.123 of 2009 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate-I, Thiruvallur. He stood charged for offences under Section 4 of The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, and Section 354 of IPC. He denied the charges and therefore, he was put on trial. By judgement dated 11.12.2012, the trial court convicted him under both the charges and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/- for offence under Section 4 of The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act. Even though the trial court found him guilty under Section 354 of IPC also, it had not chosen to inflict separate sentence thereunder. Challenging the conviction and sentence, the petitioner filed an appeal in Crl.A.No.4 of 2013, before the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Thiruvallur. The learned appellate judge, in turn, by judgement dated 30.03.2015, dismissed the appeal thereby confirming the judgement of conviction and sentence passed by the learned trial judge. Now, challenging the affirmation of conviction and the sentence by the appellate court, the petitioner is before this court with th