JUDGMENT :

P. VELMURUGAN, J.

1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed against the Judgment of conviction and sentence imposed by the Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Chennai (Mahalir Neethimandram, Chennai) in S.C. No. 317 of 2015.

2. The respondent Police have registered a case in Crime No. 570 of 2015, for offence under Sections 376 and 511 IPC against the appellant on the complaint given by PW-1/defacto complainant. After completing the investigation, the respondent Police laid a charge sheet before the learned XV Metropolitan Magistrate, Chennai and the same was taken on file as P.R.C. No. 62 of 2015. After completing the formalities under Section 207 Cr.P.C. the learned XV Metropolitan Magistrate, Chennai committed the case to the learned Principal Judge, Chennai, since the offence committed by the appellant is exclusively triable by the Court of Session. The learned Principal Judge, Chennai has taken the case on file in S.C. No. 317 of 2015 and made over the same to the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Chennai (Mahalir Neethimandram, Chennai). Since there was a prima facie material to frame charges against the appellant, the learned Sessions Judge farmed charges for offence unde