JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal is filed under Section 374(ii) of Criminal Procedure Code, to set aside the judgment dated 03.02.2017 passed in Special C.C.No.61/2014 on the file of Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Coimbatore, convicting the appellant for the offence under Section 3(a) r/w 4 of POCSO Act and sentenced to undergo 10 years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.5,000/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for three months.)

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

2. Convicted sole accused is the appellant herein. The appellant is in custody. It is a jail appeal.

3. This criminal appeal is filed to set aside the judgment dated 03.02.2017, passed by the Sessions Judge, Magalir Neethimandram, Coimbatore in Spl.C.C.No.61/2014, in convicting the appellant herein under Section 3(a) r/w 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (herein after referred to as ‘the Act’) and sentencing him to undergo ten years and fine of Rs.5,000/- in default simple imprisonment for three months.

4. The respondent police filed a final report after the investigation against the accused in Crime No.18/2013, for the offence under Section 3(a) r/w 4 of the Act,