JUDGMENT :

1. The respondent police registered a case against the appellant in Crime.No.212 of 2017 for girl missing. Subsequently, on investigation a case was registered for offence under Sections 363, 366, 343 and Section 5(l) r/w. 6 of the POCSO Act and also after completing the investigation, they laid the charge sheet. Since the offence was against woman particularly a child and punishable under the POCSO Act, the learned Sessions Judge after completing the formalities framed the charges against the appellant for offence under Sections 366 and 343 IPC and also Section 5(l) r/w. Section 6 of the POCSO Act.

2. In order to substantiate the above charges, during trial, 8 witnesses were examined as P.W.1 to P.W.8 and 10 documents were marked as Exs.P.1 to P.10. No material objects were marked. After completing the prosecution evidence, the incriminating circumstances culled out from the evidence of the prosecution witnesses were put before the appellant. He denied the same as false. On the side of the defence, no oral or documentary evidence was produced. The learned Special Judge after hearing the arguments advanced on either side, delivered the judgment in which he found that the a