JUDGMENT :

V. Bharathidasan, J.

(Prayer: Appeal filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order made in S.C.No.66/2012 dated 18.6.2018 on the file of the learned Fast Track Mahila Court, Kanyakumari at Nagercoil, hear the counsel for the appellant/accused, set aside the order passed by the lower court and allow this criminal appeal.)

1. The appellant is the sole accused in S.C.No.66/2012, on the file of the learned Fast Track Mahila Court, Kanyakumari at Nagercoil. He stood charged for the offences, under Sections 498(A), 323, 406, 302 and 201 IPC. The trial Court, found the appellant guilty, for the offences under Sections 302 and 406 IPC, convicted and sentenced him to undergo life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months, for the offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year, for the offences under Section 406 IPC. Trial Court acquitted the accused in respect of the charges under Sections 498(A), 323 and 201 IPC. Challenging the abovesaid conviction and sentence, the appellant is before this Court