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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, R.POORNIMA
D. Ravi – Appellant
Versus
State Rep. by the Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Tirunelveli – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
R. POORNIMA, J.
1. This Criminal Appeal is filed against the conviction and sentence passed against the appellant/accused in the judgment dated 22.06.2023 made in Spl. S.C. No.62 of 2019 on the file of the Special Court for Trial of Cases under POCSO Act, Tirunelveli, in which judgment, accused had been convicted for offences punishable under Section 506(i) IPC and Section 6 of POCSO Act and sentenced to undergo 6 months rigorous imprisonment for the offence under Section 506(i) IPC and to undergo life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.50,000/- in default to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment for the offence under Section 6 of POCSO Act.
2. The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows :
(a) The complaint was lodged by one Uma (P.W.1), a neighbour of the victim with the following allegations: She is a resident of Meenakshipuram, Annanagar in a rental house. The accused was occupying the house situated opposite to the house of the complainant along with the victim's child. When the complainant enquired about the victim girl, the accused informed that she was the daughter of his concubine. He further informed that the mother of the victim girl had died about one
The conviction in sexual offences requires credible and reliable evidence, especially regarding the victim's age, and reliance solely on secondary evidence without primary proof is insufficient.
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