JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, to set aside the order of conviction passed by the Sessions Judge, Mahila Court at Salem in S.C.No.82 of 2016 and dated 21.10.2019, under Section 417 of the Indian Penel Code, for rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine amount of Rs.20,000/- in default of which sentence to undergo simple imprisonment for a period 3 months and under Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act, 1998 for rigorous imprisonment for a period of 3 years and to pay a fine amount of Rs.10,000/- (totally Rs.30,000/-) in default of which sentence to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 6 months by allowing the present Criminal Appeal.)

1. The Criminal Appeal is filed against the judgment passed by the Sessions Judge, Mahila Court at Salem in S.C.No.82 of 2016 dated 21.10.2019.

2. The respondent police registered the case against the appellant and two others for the offences punishable under Sections 376, 417 and 506(ii) of IPC in Crime No.15 of 2015 and investigated the matter and laid the charge sheet before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.4 (Mahila Court Sal