JUDGMENT :

S.K. Sahoo, J.

This is yet another case of unwanted and unintended pregnancy. The girl child who was shown this world by her unwed mother is not a sign of true love but of forced love. The victim of rape has to suffer tragedy throughout her life as she believed on the treacherous lover who left her on the doorstep of uncertainty to live a life of insecurity.

The appellant Bhima Bhoi faced trial in the Court of learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Sonepur in Sessions Trial No. 28 of 2005 for offences punishable under sections 493, 417, 376 and 506 of Indian Penal Code. The appellant was acquitted of the charges under sections 493, 417 and 506 of Indian Penal Code. However, he was found guilty under section 376 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/-, in default, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years.

2. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report lodged by the victim ‘RB’ is that she was aged about sixteen years and a resident of village Banjhipali under Binka Police Station in the district of Sonepur. She was extremely poor and working with her parents as binding labourers of Kundu lea