JUDGMENT

Harinder Singh Sidhu, J. - Since common questions of law and facts are involved in the aforesaid appeals, arising out of the same FIR, these are taken up together and disposed of by a common judgment.

2. Criminal Appeal No.CRA-D-1158-DB-2018 and CRA-S-4406- SB-2018 have been filed by the accused - appellants Pardeep Kumar @ Balram and Rajinder Parshad, respectively, against their conviction and sentence vide judgment and order dated 05.11.2018 of the learned Additional Sessions Judge/ Exclusive Court, Amritsar in Sessions case No. 124 of 2018 whereby they, along with one Baldev Raj were charged with and tried for offences punishable under Sections 363 , 366-A, 120-B, 376, 506 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE (in short 'IPC') and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short 'POCSO Act'). The appellants were convicted and sentenced as under:-