JUDGMENT :-

R. Hemalatha, J.

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374 (2) of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 praying to set aside the judgment made in Spl.C.C. No.10 of 2019 on the file of the Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under POCSO Act, Coimbatore, dated 18.02.2020.)

1. This appeal is against the judgment and order dated 18.02.2020, passed by the Special Court for POCSO cases, Coimbatore, in Special C.C.No.10 of 2019, wherein the appellant was convicted for the offence under Sections 5(l), 5(j) (ii) r/w 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (herein after called as POCSO Act) and sentenced to undergo Life Imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs.2,000/- in default, to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for one year. The trial court further directed the Government to pay a compensation of Rs.3,00,000/- to the victim and a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- to the female child born to the victim under Section 33(8) of POCSO Act r/w 7(2) of POCSO Rules 2012.

2. The case of the prosecution in nutshell is as follows:

i. Sankari @ Sankareswari is the mother of the victim child who was aged 15 years. Sankari was separated from her husband and was living with her two girl c