JUDGMENT :

Meenakshi Madan Rai, J.

1. The Prosecutrix/victim, P.W.2, in the instant matter, is a differently abled person being hearing and speech impaired. The Complaint, Exhibit 2, came to be lodged by P.W.3, the nephew of the victim, in whose house the offence allegedly took place on 21- 09-2020, of which the victim informed him and his wife, P.W.1. The Court of the Learned Judge (Fast Track), South & West, at Gyalshing, on careful analysis of the oral and documentary evidence adduced by the Prosecution and on appreciation of all facts and circumstances of the case was convinced that the Appellant had raped and sexually assaulted the disabled victim on the night of 21-09-2020, in the house of P.W.3. The Appellant was convicted for having raped a woman with physical disability, punishable under Section 376(2)(1) of the INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 (hereinafter, "IPC"), in S.T. (Fast Track) Case No.01 of 2021 ( State of Sik