JUDGMENT :

(The case has been heard through video conference)

This Criminal Appeal has been filed against the Judgment dated 12.02.2021 in Spl.S.C.No.45 of 2019 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court (POCSO Cases) Cuddalore.

2. The respondent police registered the case in Crime No.78 of 2014 against the appellant and three others for the offence under Sections 363, 365 IPC. After completing the investigation, the respondent police laid the charge sheet before the Mahila Court, Cuddalore, as against the appellant/A1 for the offence under Section 366 IPC and Section 5(l) punishable under Section 6 of POCSO Act and Section 9 of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and as against the accused 2 to 4 for the offence under Section 17 punishable under Section 6 of POCSO Act and the learned Sessions Judge, taken the charge sheet on file in Spl.S.C.No.4 of 2019. Subsequently, after establishment of the POCSO Court, the case was transferred to the Special Court (POCSO Cases) Cuddalore, and renumbered as Spl.S.C.No.45 of 2019 and the learned Special Judge, after completing the formalities, framed the charges against the appellant/A1 for the offence under Section 366 IPC and Section 5(l)