Judgment :-

(Prayer: The Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) r/w. 382 of the Criminal Procedure Code, to set aside the judgment made in Spl.C.C.No.24 of 2014 on the file of the Mahila Court, Coimbatore, convicting the appellant under Section 3 r/w Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 8 years and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 6 months.)

1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed, against the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Coimbatore, in Spl.C.C.No.24 of 2014, finding the appellant guilty for the offences under Sections 3 r/w Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and convicting and sentencing him to undergo eight years rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- in default to undergo six months simple imprisonment.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the Appellant and the prosecutrix / victim are local residents of Kettimallanpudur, Anaimalai. The parents of the prosecutrix / victim were coolies and that she has got one elder brother and one youn