JUDGMENT :

P. VELMURUGAN, J.

Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to set aside the judgment passed in S.C.No. 340 of 2017 dated 25.04.2019 by the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court/Special Court for Cases under POCSO Act/Children's Court, Chennai.

1. Aggrieved over the judgment of acquittal passed by the learned Special Judge under POCSO Act dated 25.04.2019 in S.C.No. 340 of 2017.

2. Originally, the appellant/Police has registered a case against the respondent in Crime No. 2 of 2016 for the offence punishable under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 [hereinafter called as “POCSO Act”] and Section 506(ii) of IPC. After investigation, they laid a charge sheet against the respondent before the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court/Special Court for Cases Under the POCSO Act/Children's Court, Chennai, since the offence charged against the respondent was against woman, especially a child falls under the POCSO Act. The learned Sessions Judge, had taken cognizance of the charge sheet in S.C.No. 340 of 2017 and framed the charge against the respondent.

3. In order to prove the case of the prosecution, on the sid