JUDGMENT :

This Criminal Appeal has been filed against the Judgment of conviction and sentence imposed by the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Chengalpattu in Spl.C.No.22 of 2017 dated 02.11.2019.

2. The respondent-Police have registered a case against the appellant in Crime No.15 of 2016 for the offence under Section 8 of the POCSO Act, 2012. After the investigation, the offence was altered from Section 8 to Section 10 of the POCSO Act, 2012 and a charge sheet was filed before the Sessions Judge Mahila Court, Chengalpattu. Since the offence against the children falls under the POCSO Act, the learned Sessions Judge, after taking a charge sheet on file in Spl.C.No.22 of 2017, completed the formality and framed the charges. After the completion of trial, the Trial Court convicted the appellant for the offence under Section 10 of the POCSO Act, 2012 and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years and also to pay fine of Rs.5,000/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for three months. Challenging the said judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the Sessions Judge, the accused has filed the present appeal before this Court.

3. The learned counsel for the