Hon’ble Mrs. Ranjana Pandya, J.—Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment and order dated 28.11.2013 passed by Shri Raj Singh Verma, Additional Sessions Judge, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha) in Sessions Trial No. 405 of 2001 (State v. Jaspal) arising out of Case Crime No. 213 of 2000, under Sections 363, 366, 376, 306 IPC, police station Amroha Nagar, district J.P. Nagar (Amroha), whereby the accused Jaspal was convicted under Section 366 IPC and sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2000/-. Further he was convicted under Section 376 IPC and sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 5000/-. He was also convicted under Section 306 IPC and sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 5000/- with default stipulation. However, the accused was acquitted under Section 363 IPC.

2. Filtering out the unnecessary details, the prosecution case is that the daughter of the informant was appearing as private candidate in the intermediate examinations. The nephew of the informant, namely, Ravindra Singh, was residing at Avas Vikas Colony, Amroha with whom the victim had stayed while she was appearing in her examinatio