JUDGMENT :

S.K. SAHOO, J.

A nine year old girl completely unbothered unperturbed about the world around her was enjoying the morning play on the village street. She was unaware that the lustful eyes of the appellant were watching her from close quarters like a vulture’s prey. Suddenly she was captured by the licentious felon and ravished. To suppress the horrendous crime, she was offered with biscuits, chocolates and some money. She was even threatened to be killed. The matter would have gone unnoticed but the destiny had its own plans. The mother of the victim detected biscuits and chocolates in the school bag of the victim. The foodstuffs which were given to suppress the demonic act opened the pandora box for detection of the crime.

The appellant Sibaram Das faced trial in the Court of learned Asst. Sessions Judge, Bonai in S.T. No.11/3 of 2007 for the offences punishable under sections 366-A, 376(2)(f) and 506 of the Indian Penal Code on the accusation of taking the victim who was a minor girl aged about nine years to his house on 24.07.2006 at about 8.00 a.m. knowing that she was likely to be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, committed rape on her and also criminally intim