JUDGMENT :

This Criminal Appeal has been filed against the Judgment dated 06.02.2019 in Spl.S.C.No.46 of 2018 on the file of the learned Mahila Court, Cuddalore.

2. The case of the prosecution is that at the time of occurrence, the victim girl (P.W.2) was aged about 14 years and the appellant is the neighbour as well as the paternal uncle of the victim girl. Since the appellant is a married man and he had no issues, he gained the sympathy of the victim girl by telling her that even after 8 years of marriage he did not get any child through his wife. Thereafter, he isolated the child from the safety net of her family and often took her to a field near a temple which situates on the backside of their house and sexually assaulted the victim girl from 07.03.2017. Thereafter, the accused threatened the victim girl to maintain secrecy in the name of honour of the family. Afterwards, the accused on every Sunday used to have sexual intercourse with her. Subsequently, when the parents of the victim girl came to know about the secret and lodged a complaint (Ex.P1) against the appellant on 01.08.2017 to the respondent police.

3. The respondent police registered a case in Crime No.18 of 2017 agai