JUDGMENT :

This Criminal Appeal has been filed seeking to set aside the judgment and sentence dated 27.06.2019 imposed in Special.S.C.No.1 of 2018 on the file of the learned Special Judge, Karaikal.

2. The respondent police registered the case in Crime No.118/2017 against the appellant for the offence punishable under Section 506(1) of IPC and also u/s.6 of POCSO Act. After completing the investigation, the respondent police laid charge-sheet before the Special Judge at Karaikal. Since the offence against the women, particularly child which falls under the POCSO Act, the learned Special Judge, taken the case on file in Spl.S.C.No.01/2018.

3. After completing the formalities, the learned Special Judge framed charges against the appellant for the offence u/s.506(i) of IPC and also offences punishable under Sections 4, 6, 8 and 10 of POCSO Act. After framing charge, during the trial, in order to prove the case of the prosecution, on the side of the prosecution, as many as 17 witnesses were examined as P.W.1 to 17, 24 documents were marked as Ex.P.1 to Ex.P.24 and Material Objects 1 to 4 were marked. After completing the examination of the prosecution witnesses, incriminating circumstance