JUDGMENT :

A.D. JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.

Prayer: Appeal filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the Judgment dated 21.06.2023, in S.C.No. 90 of 2016, on the file of the Additional District (Fast Track) Court, Theni.

1. This criminal appeal is filed against the judgment and order dated 21.06.2023, passed in S.C.No. 90 of 2016, by the learned Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Theni,

2. The Trial Court framed a charge against the appellant, as detailed below:

3. By judgment and order dated 21.06.2023, the Trial Court convicted the appellant and sentenced him, as detailed below:

The period of sentence already undergone was directed to be set off under Section 428 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

4. The prosecution case is as under:

4.1. The deceased Chellapandi had illicit intimacy with the appellant/accused Kalimuthu