JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Petition filed under Sections 397 and 401 of the Criminal Procedure Code, against the order of conviction and sentence passed by the learned II Additional Sessions Judge, Puducherry, dated 14.02.2017 in C.A.No.14 of 2016 confirming the conviction and sentence passed by the learned Principal Assistant Sessions Judge, Puducherry, in S.C.No.72 of 2009, dated 23.03.2016.)

1. The matter is heard through “Video Conference”.

The sole accused is the revision petitioner herein. He has preferred this criminal revision case against the order of conviction and sentence passed by the learned II Additional Sessions Judge, Puducherry, in C.A.No.14 of 2016, dated 14.02.2017, confirming the conviction and sentence passed by the learned Principal Assistant Sessions Judge, Puducherry, in S.C.No.72 of 2009, dated 23.03.2016.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 18.11.2006, the victim/P.W.1 lodged a complaint before the Superintendent of Police, Villupuram, against the revision petitioner and the same was forwarded to the Inspector of Police, Villupuram Taluk Police Station and on the basis of the said complaint, a case was registered in Crime No.154 of 2007 dated 14.02.2007 agains